Economic means to do with money, trade and the wealth of a country. Economic growth, economic policy, economically viable.
It is worth separating from economical, which means thrifty: an economic decision is about the economy and an economical one saves money. Economics as a subject is the study of choices under scarcity. The Greek behind it means household management.
1adjectiveeconomicTo do with money, trade and national wealth.
“The country is facing serious economic problems, with rising prices and few jobs.”
economic is a quality of money and trade.
Greek oikonomikos means of household management, from oikos, a house, plus nemein, to manage. Ecology shares the house.
Proto-Indo-European
*weyḱ-
Middle English
economike
English, today
economic
Built from
From Middle English economike, from Middle English iconomique, from Old French iconomike, from Latin oeconomicus. The is derived from Middle English economike, iconomique (“household management”), and then:
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