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-nomy

/nə.mi/

-nomy suffix: a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management.

Suffix

-nomy

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

Forms of -nomy

alternative form-onomy

Origin of -nomy

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

Words formed from -nomy

Questions about -nomy

What does -nomy mean?
-nomy means a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management.
What part of speech is -nomy?
-nomy is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -nomy?
-nomy is pronounced /nə.mi/.

Words near -nomy in the dictionary

  1. -niks
  2. -nom
  3. -nomial
  4. -nomicon
  5. -nomics
  6. -nomy
  7. -nym
  8. -nymy
  9. -o
  10. -o-
  11. -o-matic

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