Where does “metonimie” come from?

metonimie (Romanian) comes from French métonymie, from Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

metonimie (Romanian): metonymy

Definitions

  1. metonymy

Ancestry of “metonimie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétonymiemetonymy
2Latinmetonymia—
3Ancient Greekμετωνυμίᾱchange of name
4Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα →