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Where does “οἰκονομία” come from?

οἰκονομία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

οἰκονομία (Ancient Greek): the management of a household or family,...

Definitions

  1. the management of a household or family,...

Ancestry of “οἰκονομία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekοἰκονόμοςone who manages a household, the master of the...
2Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “οἰκονομία”

  • economic
  • economy
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