Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesA branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
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Onomasiology, whether or not one inclines to grant it the status of a self-sufficient discipline claimed for it by some Central European supporters, closed another series of gaps by inducing workers to assemble regionally, socially, stylistically, or chronologically differentiated words of identical or similar meaning.
1954, Yakov Malkiel, “Etymology and the Structure of Word Families”, in Word, volume 10, numbers 2-3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 265Synonyms: onomastics, onomatology
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
- Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
- Ancient Greekὀνομάζω (onomázō)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishonomasiology
From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + English -logy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan onomasiologia
- onomasiologiabranch of lexicology
Czech onomaziologie
- onomaziologiebranch of lexicology
Dutch onomasiologie
- onomasiologiebranch of lexicology
Estonian onomasioloogia
- onomasioloogiabranch of lexicology
Finnish nimitysoppi, onomasiologia
- nimitysoppibranch of lexicology
- onomasiologiabranch of lexicology
French onomasiologie
- onomasiologiebranch of lexicology
German Onomasiologie, Benennungslehre
- Onomasiologiebranch of lexicology
- Benennungslehrebranch of lexicology
- Bezeichnungslehrebranch of lexicology
Irish onamaiseolaíocht
- onamaiseolaíochtbranch of lexicology
Italian onomasiologia
- onomasiologiabranch of lexicology
Portuguese onomasiologia
- onomasiologiabranch of lexicology
Russian ономасиоло́гия
- ономасиоло́гия (onomasiológija)branch of lexicology
Spanish onomasiología
- onomasiologíabranch of lexicology
Ukrainian ономасіоло́гія
- ономасіоло́гія (onomasiolóhija)branch of lexicology
Cite this entry
onomasiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomasiology
“onomasiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomasiology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onomasiology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomasiology.
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