-nomy

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-nomy

/nə.mi/

Where it comes from

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

suffix -onomy

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

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

Español	-nomía
Português	-nomia
Français	-nomie
Deutsch	-nomie
Italiano	-nomia
Ελληνικά	-νομία -nomía
Română	-nomie
Русский	-но́мия -nómija
עברית	־נוֹמְיָה -nomia

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"-nomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-nomy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-nomy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-nomy

Chicago

"-nomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-nomy.

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@misc{nomy_2026,
  title = {-nomy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-nomy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}