Where does “deonomastica” come from?
deonomastica (Italian) comes from Italian onomastica, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
deonomastica (Italian): the words of a language that are derived from given names, last names, ethnonyms, and toponyms
Definitions
- the words of a language that are derived from given names, last names, ethnonyms, and toponyms
Ancestry of “deonomastica”, step by step
deonomastica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian onomastica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | onomastica | onomastics |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστική | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστικός | good at naming; Of or concerning naming; the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομαστός | named; famous, of note, notable |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀνομάζω | I speak of by name, address by name; I call one... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |