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-.
retronimo (Italian): retronym
Ancestry of “retronimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | -onimo | -onym |
| 2 | Portuguese | oni- | Alternative form of omni- |
| 3 | Irish | ai- | — |
| 4 | Old French | a- | indicating movement towards something;... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *ad- | — |