## Etymology
From Middle English husbondrie ('management of a household, farming'), from husband ('householder, farmer') + -ry. Ultimately from Old Norse husbondi ('master of a house').

## AI Etymology
husbandry comes from Middle English husbondrie ('management of a household, farming'), from husband ('householder, farmer') + -ry. Ultimately from Old Norse husbondi ('master of a house'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "the cultivation of crops and care of livestock; careful management of resources", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as husband, husbandman, and husbandly. Its semantic neighborhood includes farming, agriculture, cultivation, and tillage, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old Norse husbondi.

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