Gastronomy Definition
The study of the relationship between food and culture.
Other Word Forms of Gastronomy
Noun
Origin of Gastronomy
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From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronómia), from γαστήρ (gastér, “stomach”) and νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”). Surface analysis is gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).
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French gastronomie from Greek gastronomiā gastro- gastro- -nomiā -nomy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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