-nym

See also: nym

English

Etymology

See -onym § Etymology.

Suffix

-nym

1. Alternative form of -onym.

Usage notes

• Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ónyma).

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -nym

abionym

acronym

agionym

allonym

anachronym

anacronym

ananym

andronym

anonym

antagonym

anthroponym

anthropotoponym

antonym

apronym

aptonym

aptronym

asteronym

astronym

autoantonym

autoethnonym

autoglossonym

autoglottonym

autoholonym

autohypernym

autohyponym

autohyponymic

autohyponymous

autolinguonym

automeronym

autonym

autonymous

avonymic

backronym

basionym

basonym

caconym

capitonym

characternym

charactonym

cheironym

choronym

chromonym

chrononym

cohyponym

cohyponymic

comeronym

contronym

cryptonym

demonym

dendronym

dionym

endoethnonym

endonym

eponym

ethnonym

euonym

euphonym

exoethnonym

exonym

geonym

gerontonym

glossonym

glottonym

hagionym

hagiotoponym

helonym

hemihomonym

heterobasionym

heteronym

hodonym

holonym

homonym

hydronym

hypernym

hypernymically

hypernymously

hyperonym

hyponym

hyponymically

ichthyonym

internym

ironym

isonym

limnonym

linguonym

meronym

metanym

metonym

mononym

myonymy

mythonym

necronym

nesonym

netcronym

numeronym

odonym

ornithonym

orthonym

paleonym

papponymic

paranym

parasynonym

paronym

partonym

patronym

pertainym

phytonym

plesionym

poecilonym

politonym

polynym

polyonym

potamonym

protonym

pseudonym

retronym

spinonym

synisonym

synonym

tautonym

taxonym

teknonym

telonym

textonym

theonym

toponym

trionym

troponym

typonym

uninym

urbanonym

xenonym

zoonym

Related terms

• English terms suffixed with -onym

Translations

type of word or name

• Finnish: -nyymi (fi)
• German: -nym (de)
• Hungarian: -nima
• Italian: -nimo
• Romanian: -nim

Anagrams

• myn