-nomy

English

Alternative forms

-onomy

Etymology

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

Suffix

-nomy

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

Derived terms

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Related terms

-nomic
-nomical
-nomically
-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)

Hungarian: -nómia
Italian: -nomia f
Portuguese: -nomia, -nomia f
Russian: -но́мия (ru) f (-nómija)
Swedish: -nomi (sv)

Anagrams

-mony, -onym, mony

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