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Where does “economie” come from?

economie (Romanian) comes from French économie, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

economie (Romanian): economy; economics; savings

Definitions

  1. economy; economics; savings

Ancestry of “economie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéconomieeconomy; economics
2LatinoeconomiaThe management of household affairs; arrangement,...
3Ancient Greekοἰκονομίαthe management of a household or family,...
4Ancient Greekοἰκονόμοςone who manages a household, the master of the...
5Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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