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Etymology of the English word economy

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 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 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

Date

The earliest known usage of economy in English dates from the 16th century.

Derivations in English

countereconomy, diseconomy, economist, economize, econometrics

Cognates

Dutch economie, French économie, German Ökonomie, Italian economia, Lithuanian ekonomija, Polish ekonomia, Russian экoнoмия, Swedish ekonomi

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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