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-onymy
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onymy
English
Alternative forms
-nymy
Etymology
en :bor la-new:-ōnymia<ety:af<-ōnymos><-ia>> 1
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting the New Latin classical compound combining form la -ōnymia, from la -ōnymos -onymous [from en grc -ώνυμος, from 1 grc ὄνυμα<t:name> -ος<id:adjective><pos:suffix forming compound adjectives>] 1 la -ia; compare also en ὄνομα#Derived_terms ὄνομα § Derived terms.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--onymy.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--onymy.wav Southern England
Suffix
Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.
Derived terms
en
en acronymy allonymy anthroponymy antonymy aptonymy antonymy autonymy backronymy caconymy capitonymy chresonymy chrononymy contronymy cryptonymy demonymy endonymy eponymy ethnonymy euonymy exonymy geonymy glossonymy heterochresonymy heteronymy hodonymy holonymy homonymy hydronymy hyperonymy hyponymy isonymy meronymy meroparonymy metonymy metronymy micronymy microtoponymy mononymy myonymy neonymy netcronymy neuronymy organonymy oronymy orthochresonymy paleonymy papponymy paronymy patronymy pertainymy phytonymy poecilonymy polyonymy pseudonymy retronymy synonymy tautonymy teknonymy theonymy toponymy troponymy xenonymy
Related terms
en -nym
en -onym
en -onymous
Translations
used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names
Catalan: ca -onímia f
French: fr -onymie f
German: de -onymie f
Hungarian: hu -nímia
Italian: it -onimia f
Polish: pl -onimia f
Portuguese: pt -onímia f
Romanian: ro -onimie f