Etymology

synonymia

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Today it means: The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force. Full definition →

Latin synōnymia ← Ancient Greek συνωνυμία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνωνυμία
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromsynōnymia
  3. English todaysynonymia

Learned borrowing from Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía). Doublet of synonymy.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσυνωνυμία all →

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