Possibly from Middle Dutch economie, from Middle French economie, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, eco- + -nomie. The first recorded sense of the word economie, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.
economie f (plural economieën, diminutive economietje n)
economie f
Borrowed from French économie, Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”). Equivalent to eco- + -nomie.
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economie f (plural economii)
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