-nomics

Meaning

1. Used to form nouns meaning the economics, economic practises, or economic philosophy of a specified person or state
2. The rules of a discipline.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”). The addition of an English prefix thus indicates the "laws" of the discipline or area denoted by the prefix. By surface analysis, -nomy + -ics.

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