Where does “heteronym” come from?

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

heteronym (English): A word having the same spelling as another, but a...

Definitions

  1. A word having the same spelling as another, but a...

Ancestry of “heteronym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-onymname; word
2Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
3Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “heteronym”

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