Where does “polyonymy” come from?

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

polyonymy (English): The use of many names for the same thing or...

Definitions

  1. The use of many names for the same thing or...

Ancestry of “polyonymy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα →