-nym

See also: nym

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Cognate with English -onym.

Suffix

-nym

1. Used to form nouns describing types of word or name

Usage notes

• Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ὄnyma). The only exceptions in the following list are contranym, hypernym, pertainym, and polynym.

Derived terms

Terms derived from -nym

• acronym
• allonym
• andronym
• anthroponym
• antonym
• aptonym
• aptronym
• autoglossonym
• autonym
• backronym
• basionym
• capitonym
• chrononym
• contranym
• contronym
• cryptonym

• demonym
• endonym
• eponym
• ethnonym
• euonym
• exonym
• geonym
• glossonym
• heteronym
• holonym
• homonym
• hydronym
• hypernym
• hyperonym
• hyponym

• isonym
• meronym
• metonym
• mononym
• netcronym
• oronym
• pertainym
• polynym
• pseudonym
• synonym
• tautonym
• theonym
• toponym
• troponym
• xenonym

Related terms

terms ending in -nym

• ananym

Translations

type of word or name

• Finnish: -nyymi (fi)

• Italian: -nimo

See also

• -onym

Anagrams

• myn