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Where does “-nomie” come from?

-nomie (French) comes from Latin -nomia, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-nomie (French): -nomy

Definitions

  1. -nomy

Ancestry of “-nomie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nomia-nomy
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-nomie”

  • agronomic
  • agronomy
  • agronomist
  • agronomically
  • zootaxinomie
  • taxinomie
  • géonomie
  • taxinomique
  • isonomie
  • zoonomie
  • histonomie
  • agronomie
  • haptonomie
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