-onymy
English
Alternative forms
- -nymy
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form (-onymia), from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)/Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (whence also onoma) + -ia; compare also ὄνομα § Derived terms.
Suffix
-onymy
- Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -onymy
- acronymy
- allonymy
- anthroponymy
- antonymy
- aptonymy
- antonymy
- autonymy
- backronymy
- caconymy
- capitonymy
- chresonymy
- chrononymy
- contronymy
- cryptonymy
- demonymy
- endonymy
- eponymy
- ethnonymy
- euonymy
- exonymy
- geonymy
- glossonymy
- heterochresonymy
- heteronymy
- hodonymy
- holonymy
- homonymy
- hydronymy
- hyperonymy
- hyponymy
- isonymy
- meronymy
- meroparonymy
- metonymy
- metronymy
- micronymy
- microtoponymy
- mononymy
- myonymy
- neonymy
- netcronymy
- neuronymy
- organonymy
- oronymy
- orthochresonymy
- paleonymy
- papponymy
- paronymy
- patronymy
- pertainymy
- phytonymy
- poecilonymy
- polyonymy
- pseudonymy
- retronymy
- synonymy
- tautonymy
- teknonymy
- theonymy
- toponymy
- troponymy
- xenonymy
Related terms
- -nym
- -onym
Translations
used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names
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