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-onymy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
-onymy
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form (-onymia), from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)/Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (whence also onoma) + -ia; compare also ὄνομα § Derived terms.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὄνομα, ὄνυμα

Inflected Forms

-nymy (alternative)

Derived Forms

acronymy allonymy anthroponymy antonymy aptonymy autonymy backronymy caconymy capitonymy chresonymy chrononymy contronymy

Phrases

-nym -onym

Frequently Paired Words

-nym -onym

Questions

What does -onymy mean?
Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.
Where does -onymy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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