Where does “hipónimo” come from?
hipónimo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ónimo, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
hipónimo (Spanish): hyponym
Ancestry of “hipónimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | -ónimo | -onym |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |