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-nymy

-nymy is the alternative form of -onymy.

Meaning of -onymy

Suffix

-onymy

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

Questions about -nymy

What is -nymy the alternative form of?
-nymy is the alternative form of -onymy.

Words near -nymy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -nymy (page history and authors); -onymy (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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