Etymology of the English word agronomy
the English word
agronomyusing the English prefix
agro-derived from the Greek word
agros, ἀγρός (a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm; hamlet)
using the English suffix
-nomyderived from the Greek suffix
-nomia, -νομία
derived from the Greek word
nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))
derived from the Greek word
nemein, νέμω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nem-Usage
Word found in Modern English
