Etymology

thalassonym

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Today it means: The name of a sea. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) ← English thalasso-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekθάλασσα (thálassa)
  2. Englishthalasso-
  3. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  4. English todaythalassonym

From thalasso- (“sea”) + -onym (“name”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.