-nomy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 216 words | Copyright

-nomy terminal el. of sbs., repr. Gr. -nomíā arrangement, management, rel. to nómos law, némein distribute, as in ASTRONOMY, ECONOMY, GASTRONOMY. The corr. adjs. end in -nomic, -nomical; see -Y3.

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