Where does “onomasticon” come from?

onomasticon (English) comes from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικόν, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

onomasticon (English): A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially...

Definitions

  1. A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially...

Ancestry of “onomasticon”, step by step

onomasticon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικόν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόνvocabulary, arranged by subject and not by word...
2Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόςgood at naming; Of or concerning naming; the...
3Ancient Greekὀνομαστόςnamed; famous, of note, notable
4Ancient GreekὀνομάζωI speak of by name, address by name; I call one...
5Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκόν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀνομᾰστῐκόνvocabulary, arranged by subject and not by word order
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα