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

Definitions

  1. metonym

Ancestry of “métonyme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμετώνυμος—
2Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “métonyme”

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