The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-ώνυμος
- English today-onymy
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting the New Latin combining form -ōnymia, from -ōnymos (“-onymous”) [from Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos), from ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming compound adjectives)] + -ia; compare also ὄνομα § Derived terms.
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