onomastics
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[edit] Etymology
1936, preceded by adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716), from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikos), from onomastos (“named”), form of ὀνομάζω (“I name”), from ὄνομα (onoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nh₃mn̥ (“name”) (English name).[1]
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onomastics (plural only)
- The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.
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- lexicology
- etymology (in sense of “origins”)
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branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names
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[edit] References
- ^ “onomastics” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
