"economic" in seven languages
Meaningeconomic
Spanish
económico
/ekoˈnomiko/
learned
Also 'cheap, good value'.
French
économique
/ekɔnɔmik/
learned
Also 'cheap, money-saving'.
Italian
economico
/ekoˈnɔmiko/
learned
Also 'cheap'.
Portuguese
econômico
/ekoˈnomiku/
learned
European Portuguese writes económico, with an open o.
Romanian
economic
/ekoˈnomik/
learned
Catalan
econòmic
/əkuˈnɔmik/
learned
English
economic
/ɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
from Latin/French · Latin OECONOMICUS / French économique
English → ItalianeconomiceconomicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
OECONOMICUM (from Greek oikonomikós)‘of household management’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek oîkos 'house' + nómos 'rule': the economy began as running a household. English split economic and economical; the sisters use one word for both — so un hôtel économique is a cheap hotel.
English relatives: economy, economics, economical
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In a sentence
- esLa crisis económica duró años.
- frLa crise économique a duré des années.
- itLa crisi economica è durata anni.
- ptA crise econômica durou anos.
- roCriza economică a durat ani.
- caLa crisi econòmica va durar anys.
- enThe economic crisis lasted years.