Where does “metonymy” come from?
Metonymy comes from Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ, combining μετά with ὄνομα name, which derives from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ and h₃neh₃-.
metonymy (English): The use of a single characteristic or part of an...
Definitions
- The use of a single characteristic or part of an...
Ancestry of “metonymy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | metonymia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μετωνυμίᾱ | change of name |
| 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 “metonymy”