Etymology

onomasiologist

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Today it means: A practitioner of onomasiology Full definition →

English onomasiology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
  3. Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
  4. Ancient Greekὀνομάζω (onomázō)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  8. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  9. Englishonomasiology
  10. English todayonomasiologist

From onomasiology + -ist.

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