Where does “-onym” come from?

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

-onym (English): name; word

Definitions

  1. name; word

Ancestry of “-onym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
2Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “-onym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →