English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

gastronomy

The origin and history of gastronomy.

Etymology

From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

← Back to the full definition of gastronomy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.