Where does “-nym” come from?

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

-nym (English): Used to form nouns describing types of word or...

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns describing types of word or...

Ancestry of “-nym”, 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 “-nym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα →