Etymology

nosonym

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Today it means: The name of a disease. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) ← English noso-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνόσος (nósos)
  2. Ancient Greekνοσο- (noso-)
  3. Englishnoso-
  4. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  5. English todaynosonym

From noso- (“disease”) + -onym (“name”).

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