Etymology

allonym

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Today it means: A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work. Full definition →

French allonyme
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  1. French · borrowed fromallonyme
  2. English todayallonym

From allo- (“other, different”) + -onym (“name”), probably via French allonyme. Compare German allonym, Allonym. First attested in 1725.

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