onomastics
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1936, from the adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716) with a suffix -s, from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), from ὀνομαστός (onomastós, “named”), form of ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (whence English name).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪks/, /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪks/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
onomastics pl (plural only)
- The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.
- Synonym: onomatology
- Hypernyms: lexicology, (in sense of “origins”) etymology
- Hyponyms: anthroponymy, toponymy
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Translations[edit]
branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “onomastics”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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