Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₁nómn̥
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥, most common first.
- nameAny nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- misnomerA mistake in the naming of a person or place; a misidentification.
- ignominiousEspecially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable.
- ignominiouslyIn a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”).
- onomasticsThe branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.