Where does “microeconomic” come from?
Microeconomic derives from English economic, from Ancient Greek μικρός meaning small combined with oeconomicus, from Latin -icus and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέμω meaning to distribute or manage.
microeconomic (English): Of, or relating to, a microeconomy or...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to, a microeconomy or...
Ancestry of “microeconomic”, step by step
microeconomic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French microéconomique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | microéconomique | microeconomic |
| 2 | French | microéconomie | microeconomics |
| 3 | French | économie | economy; economics |
| 4 | Latin | oeconomia | The management of household affairs; arrangement,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἰκονομία | the management of a household or family,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | οἰκονόμος | one who manages a household, the master of the... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English economic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | economic | Pertaining to an economy |
| 2 | Latin | oeconomicus | domestic economy; orderly, methodical; economic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οἰκονομικός | practised in the management of a household or... |