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-nomy

/nə.mi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
-no-my
IPA
/nə.mi/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin -nomialbor. French -nomiebor. ▲ Latin -nomialbor. English -nomy Borrowed from French -nomie, and a learned borrowing from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

-onomy (alternative)

Derived Forms

Deuteronomy

Phrases

-nomic -nomics -gnosy -logy

Frequently Paired Words

-nomic -nomics -gnosy -logy

Questions

How do you pronounce -nomy?
The recorded pronunciation is /nə.mi/.
What does -nomy mean?
a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management
Where does -nomy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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