-onymy

English

Alternative forms

• -nymy

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form (-onymia), from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)/Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) (whence also onoma) + -ia; compare also ὄνομα § Derived terms.

Suffix

-onymy

1. Used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -onymy

• acronymy
• allonymy
• anthroponymy
• antonymy
• aptonymy
• antonymy
• autonymy
• backronymy
• caconymy
• capitonymy
• chresonymy
• chrononymy
• contronymy
• cryptonymy
• demonymy
• endonymy
• eponymy
• ethnonymy
• euonymy
• exonymy
• geonymy
• glossonymy
• heterochresonymy
• heteronymy
• hodonymy
• holonymy
• homonymy
• hydronymy
• hyperonymy
• hyponymy
• isonymy
• meronymy
• meroparonymy
• metonymy
• metronymy
• micronymy
• microtoponymy
• mononymy
• myonymy
• neonymy
• netcronymy
• neuronymy
• organonymy
• oronymy
• orthochresonymy
• paleonymy
• papponymy
• paronymy
• patronymy
• pertainymy
• phytonymy
• poecilonymy
• polyonymy
• pseudonymy
• retronymy
• synonymy
• tautonymy
• teknonymy
• theonymy
• toponymy
• troponymy
• xenonymy

Related terms

• -nym
• -onym

Translations

used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names

• German: -onymie f
• Hungarian: -nímia
• Portuguese: -onímia f
• Romanian: -onimie f