Where does “retronimo” come from?

retronimo (Italian) comes from Italian -onimo, from Portuguese oni-, from Irish ai-, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

retronimo (Italian): retronym

Definitions

  1. retronym

Ancestry of “retronimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-onimo-onym
2Portugueseoni-Alternative form of omni-
3Irishai-—
4Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Proto-Italic*ad-ad
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