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-nym

-nym is the alternative form of -onym.

Meaning of -onym

Suffix

-onym

  1. Word.
  2. Name.

Origin of -nym

See -onym § Etymology.

Questions about -nym

What is -nym the alternative form of?
-nym is the alternative form of -onym.

Words near -nym in the dictionary

  1. -nom
  2. -nomial
  3. -nomicon
  4. -nomics
  5. -nomy
  6. -nym
  7. -nymy
  8. -o
  9. -o-
  10. -o-matic
  11. -o-meter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -nym (page history and authors); -onym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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