-nomy

-nomy

English

Alternative forms

• -onomy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

Suffix

-nomy

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -nomy

• Deuteronomy
• geonomy
• taxonomy

Related terms

• -nomic
• -nomics

Translations

system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field

Czech: -nomie f Finnish: -nomia French: -nomie (fr) ? Galician: -nomía ? German: -nomie (de) f Hungarian: -nómia, -ászat, -észet, -tan (hu), -tudomány (hu) Italian: -nomia f Polish: -nomia f Portuguese: -nomia, -nomia f Romanian: -nomie f Russian: -но́мия (ru) f (-nómija) Sicilian: -numìa f Spanish: -nomía (es) f Swedish: -nomi (sv) ?

See also

• -logy

Anagrams

• -mony, -onym, mony, myon