Etymology

hodonym

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Ancient Greek ὁδός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁδός“road”
  2. English todayhodonym

From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to hod- + -onym.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁδός all →

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