Etymology

psychoonomastics

Today it means: The branch of onomastics studying names from a psycholinguistic point of view Full definition →

English onomastics ← Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *ónomə
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
  6. Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
  7. Ancient Greekὀνομάζω (onomázō)
  8. Ancient Greekὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)
  9. Englishonomastic
  10. Englishonomastics
  11. English todaypsychoonomastics

From psycho- + onomastics.

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