economy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 420 words | Copyright

economy management (of a house) XVI; careful management, thrift; administration of a community or establishment XVII; political economy, tr. F. économie politique XVIII. — (O)F. économie or L. œconomia — Gr. oikonomíā, f. oikonómos manager of a household, steward, f. oîkos house (cf. WICK2) + -nómos managing, némein manage; see -Y3.
So economic, economical.

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