Where does “synonymous” come from?

Synonymous comes from Middle English -ous, from Latin synonymum, from Latin -osus, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα meaning name, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European som-.

synonymous (English): having an identical meaning; having a similar...

Definitions

  1. having an identical meaning; having a similar...

Ancestry of “synonymous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsynonymus—
2Ancient GreekσυνώνυμοςHaving the same name; Having only one meaning:...
3Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
4Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
5Proto-Hellenic*ksúnbeside, with

Words derived from “synonymous”

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