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-nomy (nə mē)

the systematized knowledge of or the system of laws governing astronomy, taxonomy

Etymology: Gr -nomia < nomos, law < nemein to distribute, govern < IE base *nem-, to assign, take, arrange > L numerus, number, OE niman, Ger nehmen, to take

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