myEtymology.com: Greek etymology of -nomia

Etymology of the Greek suffix -nomia (-νομία)

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-

Derivations in Greek

gastronomia, astronomia, isonomia, oikonomia

Derivations in other languages

English -nomy, French bionomie, Italian -nomia, Italian tafonomia, Italian tassonomia