nomo-, nom-, -nomy, -nome, -nomic, -nomous, -nomical, -nomically
(Greek: law, order, arrangement, systematized knowledge of [something]; usage)
Don’t confuse this element with the Latin nomo- which means "name" or another Greek nomo- which means "meadow" or "pasture".
Deuteronomy
1. A book in the Bible that repeats the Ten Commandments and records much of the Mosaic Law. It is the fifth book of the Pentateuch.
2. Etymology: from Greek Deuteronomion; literally, "second law", from deuteros, "second" + nomos, "law". From the 14th century via late Latin from Greek Deuteronomion, "second law"; because the book contains a repetition of the Decalogue and parts of Exodus.
ergonomics
The anatomical, physiological, and psychological study of man in his working environment.
ergonomy
1. The differentiation of functions.
2. Physiological differentiation associated with morphological specialization.
eunomia
eunomy
gastronome
gastronomer
gastronomy
genome, genomes
1. The full complement of genetic information that an organism inherits from its parents, especially the set of chromosomes and the genes they carry.
2. An organism's genetic material.
3. All of the inheritable traits of an organism.
There are more details about genomes at this link.
heteronomous
hetronomy
hydronomy, hydronomous
A system of river-names.
isonomy
metonomy
metronome
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