Nome

Morpheme

Nome

Type

free base

Denotation

system, usage, custom, law, ordinance, regulate, distribute

Etymology

Ancient Greek nómisma, from nomízein + -ma, from nómos, from nemeîn

Evidence

aeronomy, agronomy, anholonomy, anthroponomy, antinomy, astronomer, astronomical, astronomy, autonomy, bionomics, bionomy, biostratinomy, chrononomy, cleronomy, climatonomy, dactylonomy, demonomy, dysnomy, economics, economy, ergonomic, eunomy, gastronomy, geonomy, haptonomy, heteronomy, histonomy, holonomic, holonomicity, holonomy, ideonomy, isonomia, isonomy, meronomy, metronome, morphonomy, mythonomy, nome, nomes, -nomical, -nomics, nomisma, nomismas, nomismata, nomoi, nomos, -nomy, nosonomy, ontonomy, organonomy, parelectronomy, partonomy, phytonomy, plutonomy, psychonomy, rheonomy, stratinomy, stratonomy, taphonomy, taxonomy, technonomy, teleonomy, theonomy, troponomy, zoonomy

Notes

nome, nomos, and namus are doublets

See Also

Namus, Nawamis, Numismat

Homographs

Nome, Nom(e) [Nome, Nom]