suffix · femininefirst declension
-nomia
-nomia f (genitive -nomiae)
Classical[ˈnɔ.mi.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɔː.mi.a]
Meaning
- femininemorpheme-nomy
Origins
Representing the Ancient Greek -νομῐ́ᾱ (-nomĭ́ā) found in compounds (such as αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā) and οἰκονομῐ́ᾱ (oikonomĭ́ā)), where it is from the elements νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom, law”, literally “what is distributed”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Descendants
- Catalan-nomia
- English-nomy
- French-nomie
- German-nomiefrom French -nomie
- Romanian-nomiefrom French -nomie
- Italian-nomia
- Portuguese-nomia
- Finnish-nomia
- Czech-nomiefrom French -nomie
- Dutch-nomiefrom French -nomie