Where does “onomastică” come from?

onomastică (Romanian) comes from French onomastique, 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.

onomastică (Romanian): onomastics

Definitions

  1. onomastics

Ancestry of “onomastică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchonomastiqueonomastic; onomastics
2Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόςgood at naming; Of or concerning naming; the...
3Ancient Greekὀνομαστόςnamed; famous, of note, notable
4Ancient GreekὀνομάζωI speak of by name, address by name; I call one...
5Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα
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