Where does “synonymia” come from?

synonymia (English) comes from Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.

synonymia (English): The use of two or more synonyms together to...

Definitions

  1. The use of two or more synonyms together to...

Ancestry of “synonymia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsynonymiasynonymy
2Ancient Greekσυνωνυμία
3Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
4Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
5Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
6Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
7Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα