-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

English terms suffixed with -nomy

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

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