-nomy

suffix

-nomy

suffix

/nə.mi/

Etymology Borrowed from French -nomie, and a learned borrowing from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

1

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

Derived terms
Deuteronomy
Related terms
-nomic, -nomics, -gnosy, -logy

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