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to-name

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.60 in modern English

Syllables
to--name
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.

British usage

verb

Synonym of byname, to give a byname to.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

to-names (plural) tee-name (alternative) toname (alternative) tuename (alternative) towname (alternative) to-names (present, singular) to-naming (participle, present) to-named (participle, past) to-named (past)

Synonyms

byname any secondary name including epithets surnames nicknames cognomens etc to give a byname to

Questions

What does to-name mean?
Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
Where does to-name come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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