Where does “-onimo” come from?
-onimo (Italian) comes from Portuguese oni-, from Irish ai-, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.
-onimo (Italian): -onym
Ancestry of “-onimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | oni- | Alternative form of omni- |
| 2 | Irish | ai- | — |
| 3 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | — |
Words derived from “-onimo”