Where does “μετωνυμικός” come from?
μετωνυμικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μετωνυμία, from Ancient Greek μετώνυμος, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
μετωνυμικός (Ancient Greek): of or like metonymy
Ancestry of “μετωνυμικός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | μετωνυμία | change of name |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μετώνυμος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “μετωνυμικός”