'humanomics' originates from Modern English coinage, blending the word 'human' (from Old English 'hūman' / 'humanus' via Latin influence) and 'economics' (from Greek 'oikonomikos'), where 'oikos' meant 'household' and 'nomos' meant 'management' or 'law'.

'human' developed from Old English 'hūman' and Latin 'humanus'; 'economics' comes from Greek 'oikonomikos' via Latin and later French and English. The compound 'humanomics' is a recent formation that fused these roots to signal a human‑focused variant of 'economics'.

Initially, the root 'oikonomikos' referred to 'household management'; over centuries it broadened to the modern field of 'economics'. The coined term 'humanomics' first meant simply 'the idea of combining human concerns with economics' and has evolved into usage denoting specific human‑centered approaches and programs.