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Where does “ὀνομάζω” come from?

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

ὀνομάζω (Ancient Greek): I speak of by name, address by name; I call one...

Definitions

  1. I speak of by name, address by name; I call one...

Ancestry of “ὀνομάζω”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ὀνομάζω”

  • onomastic
  • onomastics
  • onomasiological
  • onomasticon
  • onomasiology
  • onomastically
  • onomasiologically
  • onomasticons
  • onomastician
  • anthroponomastics
  • onomasiologist
  • onomástico
  • ονομάζω
  • ὀνομαστικόν
  • ὀνομαστικός
  • ὀνομαστός
  • onamaiseolaíocht
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