Where does “μετωνυμία” come from?

μετωνυμία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μετώνυμος, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

μετωνυμία (Ancient Greek): change of name

Definitions

  1. change of name

Ancestry of “μετωνυμία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμετώνυμος
2Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “μετωνυμία

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα