metonymy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετωνυμίᾱ“change of name”
2. Late Latin · borrowed frommetonymia
3. English todaymetonymy

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).