-onym

English

Alternative forms

• -nym

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”); compare also -onymy § Etymology.

Suffix

-onym

1. word
2. name

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -onym

Related terms

• English terms suffixed with -nym
• onymity, onymous, onymously

Translations

word

• Catalan: -ònim (ca) m
• Danish: -onym n
• French: -onyme (fr) m
• Galician: -ónimo (gl) m
• German: -onym
• Hungarian: -onima
• Italian: -onimo (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -onym n

  Nynorsk: -onym n

• Portuguese: -ónimo (Portugal), -ônimo m (Brazil)
• Romanian: -onim n
• Sicilian: -ònimu m
• Spanish: -ónimo (es) m

name

• Polish: -onim (pl) m

Anagrams

• -mony, -nomy, mony, myon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma).

Suffix

-onym n

1. -onym

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -onym

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.