Where does “economics” come from?
Economics derives from English economy, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία, meaning household management, from οἶκος meaning house and νέμω meaning to manage or distribute.
economics (English): The study of resource allocation, distribution...
Definitions
- The study of resource allocation, distribution...
Ancestry of “economics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 2 | English | ’s | — |
| 3 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 4 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 5 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 6 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 7 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
Words derived from “economics”
- macroeconomics
- microeconomics
- neuroeconomics
- socioeconomics
- pharmacoeconomics
- bioeconomics
- geoeconomics
- Nixonomics
- Bushonomics
- economese
- agroeconomics
- wikinomics
- Obamanomics
- -nomics
- Enronomics
- nanoeconomics
- freeconomics
- countereconomics
- treeconomics
- counter-economics
- economeg
- clinicoeconomics
- exergoeconomics
- genoeconomics