Etymology

onomasiology

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Today it means: A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos ← Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
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The story

  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. English todayonomasiology

From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + English -logy.

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