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Where does “toponimo” come from?

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

toponimo (Italian): toponym

Definitions

  1. toponym

Ancestry of “toponimo”, 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-—

Words derived from “toponimo”

  • toponimico
  • antropotoponimo
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