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

  1. The use of a single characteristic or part of an...

Ancestry of “metonymy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmetonymia—
2Ancient Greekμετωνυμίᾱchange of name
3Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “metonymy”

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