-nomy

American  

1. a combining form of Greek origin meaning “distribution,” “arrangement,” “management,”.

   astronomy; economy; taxonomy.

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-nomy British  

combining form

1. indicating a science or the laws governing a certain field of knowledge

   agronomy

   economy

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Other Word Forms

• -nomic combining form

Etymology

Origin of -nomy

< Greek -nomia law. See nomo-, -y ³

Example Sentences

In nearby Hallandale Beach, Assistant City Manager Nomy Sandoval said the tragedy would prompt a review of about a dozen condo buildings.

From Washington Post

The author of “Awek Chuck Taylor,” Nomy Nozwir, 31, who writes as Nami Cob Nobbler, said it was based loosely on his own life.

From New York Times

The Transfused, a rock opera written by the Need and fellow Olympian Nomy Lamm, is another testament to the town's capacity for organizing large-scale productions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Words having the following terminations are usually accented on the antepenult, or third syllable from the end: cracy, ferous, fluent, flous, honal, gony, grapher, graphy, loger, logist, logy, loquy, machy, mathy, meter, metry, nomy, nomy, parous, pathy, phony, scopy, strophe, tomy, trophy, vomous, vorous.

From Project Gutenberg

For thee will I master 'pathy and 'logy and 'nomy and 'sophy!

From Project Gutenberg