myEtymology.com: English etymology of economist

Etymology of the English word economist

the English word economist

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes

derived from the English word economy

derived from the Latin word oeconomia (arrangement, division; economy)

derived from the Greek word oikonomia, οἰκονομία (administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) 'economy')

using 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-

derived from the Greek word oikonomos, οἰκονόμος (a house-distributor (manager), or overseer; an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel))

derived from the Greek word nemein, νέμω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-

derived from the Greek word oikos, οἶκος (a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weik-

derived from the Latin word oikonomos