Where does “métonyme” come from?
métonyme (French) comes from Ancient Greek μετώνυμος, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
métonyme (French): metonym
Ancestry of “métonyme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μετώνυμος | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “métonyme”