-onymy
-onymy suffix: used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.
Suffix
-onymy
- Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.
Forms of -onymy
| alternative form | -nymy |
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Origin of -onymy
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.
Words formed from -onymy
- acronymy
- allonymy
- anthroponymy
- antonymy
- aptonymy
- 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
Questions about -onymy
- What does -onymy mean?
- -onymy means used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names.
- What part of speech is -onymy?
- -onymy is a suffix.
Words near -onymy in the dictionary
Source and license
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