Latin and Greek Roots of English Vocabulary: An Online Manual: Lesson 41 [nom(y)-]

August 29, 2010

Root

  

Original Meaning/

Usage Notes

 

English Derivatives

  

Vocabulary

  

(base) 

nom(y)- [from Greek]

 

(noun)

law

 

  

astronomy [literally, ‘star law;’ the science that studies the nature and motions of heavenly bodies.]

autonomy [literally, ‘law to oneself;’ self-determination; self-regulation; independence.]

economics

ergonomic [literally, ‘pertaining to work law;’ designed to meet the special requirements of a work station or workplace.]

gastronomic [literally, ‘pertaining to the law of the stomach;’ pertaining to fine dining.]

taxonomy

  

economics (noun) [literally, ‘household law skill;’ the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.]

 

taxonomy (noun) [literally, ‘law of ordering;’ classification of beings or phenomena into an ordered system.]

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