-onym

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Suffix

-onym

1. name
2. word

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -onym

Related terms

terms ending in onym not directly derived from the suffix

• allonym
• anacronym
• anonym
• bacronym, backronym
• paronym
• pseudonym
• synonym
• toponym

 

Translations

word

• Danish: -onym n
• French: -onyme (fr) m
• Hungarian: -onima
• Italian: -onimo (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -onym n

  Nynorsk: -onym n

• Romanian: -onim n

name

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See also

• -nym

Anagrams

• -mony, -nomy, mony

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Suffix

-onym n

1. -onym

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -onym

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Suffix

-onym n

1. -onym

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -onym

References

• “-onym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.