Where does “-onyme” come from?

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

-onyme (French): -onym

Definitions

  1. -onym

Ancestry of “-onyme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “-onyme”

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