economy
Meaningthe running of a household
Common meaning: careful management of resources
Other meanings: a country's wealth system
- ecoa house, householdLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 546 (approximate) · scan
- nomcustom, law; that which is assignedLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 535 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘a house, household’ + ‘custom, law’ → economy
Journey through time
- eco — Greek οἶκος “a house, household” (path traced)
- nom — Greek νόμος “custom, law; that which is assigned” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as economia.
- Aryan root · reconstructed√WIK‘come, come to, enter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 369, p. 743 · scan
- Greekοἶκος + νόμος‘a house, household + custom, law’
- Latineconomia
- Old Frenchoeconomiesource
- Englisheconomy‘careful management of resources’ · today
eco also in: ecologymicroecology
nom also in: anomalyautonomytaxonomyastronomygastronomy
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek οἶκος ‘a house, household’ + Greek νόμος ‘custom, law; that which is assigned’.
Did you know (Greek oikos, a…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry οἶκος, p. 546 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek nomos, "custom,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry νόμος, p. 535 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ANOMALY, p. 25 · dictionary scan
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