economy的词源

英文词源

economy

economy: [16] The underlying notion contained in the word economy is of ‘household management’. It comes, via French or Latin, from Greek oikonomíā, a derivative of oikonómos, a term for the ‘steward of a household’. This was a compound noun formed from oikos ‘house’ (a word related to the -wich element in many English place-names) and némein ‘manage’ (ultimate source of English antinomian and nomad).

The original sense ‘household management’ was carried through into English. It broadened out in the 17th century to the management of a nation’s resources (a concept at first termed more fully political economy), while the use of the derivative economics for the theoretical study of the creation and consumption of wealth dates from the early 19th century.
=> antinomian, ecology, nomad

economy (n.)

1530s, "household management," from Latin oeconomia (source of French économie, Spanish economia, German Ökonomie, etc.), from Greek oikonomia "household management, thrift," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house, abode, dwelling" (cognate with Latin vicus "district," vicinus "near;" Old English wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatic). Meaning "frugality, judicious use of resources" is from 1660s. The sense of "wealth and resources of a country" (short for political economy) is from 1650s.

economy (adj.)

1821 as a term in advertising, at first meant simply "cheaper," then "bigger and thus cheaper per unit or amount" (1950). See economy (n.).

中文词源

economy：经济学

来自PIE*weik, 家，词源同vicinity, village. 字母w脱落。-nomy, 学说，管理。原指管理家的学问，后指经济学。

来自PIE*weik“聚居区，宗族，家族”的衍生词：

villa：别墅。来自拉丁语vicus, 村庄，聚居区。

villain：村民，恶棍，流氓。

vicinity：街区。

oikos：家，屋子，聚居区。

ecology：生态学。

economy：经济学。

ecumenical：基督教宗教合一的，一般的，普通的。

Greenwich：绿色村庄，格陵尼治天文台。

Sandwich：沙村，沙堡，三明治。

diocese：主教教区，来自希腊语dioikesis,来自dia-,穿过，oikos,屋子，聚居区。

parochial：来自拉丁语parochia, 来自希腊语paroikos,来自para-, 在周围，oikos, 屋子，聚居区。

parish：教区，堂区，行政小区，来自拉丁语parochia,教区，堂区。

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economy：经济；节约

来源于希腊语中由 oikos(房屋)和 nemein(管理)组成的复合词oikonomia(家务管理)。

词根词缀： -eco-经济 + -nom-学科 + -y名词词尾