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See also: econòmic

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos
Proto-Hellenic *wóikos
Ancient Greek ϝοῖκος (woîkos)
Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos)
Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.
Proto-Indo-European *németi
Proto-Hellenic *némō
Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos)
Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor.
Latin oeconomia
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin oeconomicusder.
Old French iconomikeder.
Middle English iconomiquebor.
Middle English economike, iconomique
English economic

    The noun is derived from Middle English economike, iconomique (“household management”),[1] and then:

    from οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives).[2] Οἰκονόμος (Oikonómos) is derived from οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling place, house; estate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“(verb) to enter in; to settle; (noun) settlement”)) + νόμος (nómos, “law, ordinance”) (from νέμω (némō, “to distribute; to possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give; to take”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming o-grade action nouns from verbs)).

    Noun sense 2.2 (“one who manages the income of a vacant benefice”) is from Italian economo, from Late Latin oeconomus (“housekeeper, steward; administrator, especially of a religious foundation”), from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”): see above.[2]

    The adjective is derived from the noun; compare the adjective senses in Middle and Old French, Latin, and Ancient Greek.[2]

    By surface analysis, economy +‎ -ic.

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    economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

    1. Pertaining to an economy.
      • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 408, number 8847, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 March 2023:
        Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
      • 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About‎[2], archived from the original on 20 May 2022:
        There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.
    2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
      Synonyms: penny-pinching, thrifty; bargainous, low-cost; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:cheap
    3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
    4. (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
      • 1714 [1599], John Davies, edited by Nahum Tate, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul‎[3], 2nd edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:
        And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve

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    Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting). Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

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    Noun

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    economic (countable and uncountable, plural economics) (obsolete)

    1. (uncountable) The art or science of household management, especially relating to the appropriate organization of resources; housekeeping.
      Synonyms: (dated) economics, home economics
    2. (countable)
      1. (rare) One who is skilled in household management.
      3. (Christianity, historical) One who manages the income of a vacant benefice.

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    1. ^ “īconomique, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “economic, n. & adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2026; “economic, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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    • “economic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English economic, French économique, Italian econòmico, Spanish económico and Portuguese econômico / económico; all from Latin œconomicus, ~ica, ~icum, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομῐκός, ~ῐκή, ~ῐκόν (oikonomĭkós, ~ĭkḗ, ~ĭkón). Compare German ökonomisch and Russian экономи́ческий (ekonomíčeskij). By surface analysis, economia +‎ -ic.

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      economic (comparative plus economic, superlative le plus economic)

      1. economic
        geographia economic ― economic geography
      2. economical
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      economic m pl

      1. plural of economich

      Occitan

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      Etymology

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      From Latin oeconomicus.

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      economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)

      1. economic

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French économique. By surface analysis, economie +‎ -ic.

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      economic m or n (feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine/neuter plural economice)

      1. economic
      2. economical

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      Declension of economic
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite economic economică economici economice
      definite economicul economica economicii economicele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite economic economice economici economice
      definite economicului economicei economicilor economicelor
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