Meanings
nounpsychoonomastics pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyThe branch of onomastics studying names from a psycholinguistic point of view
Origin
- Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
- Englishpsycho-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
- Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
- Ancient Greekὀνομάζω (onomázō)
- Ancient Greekὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)
- Englishonomastic
- Englishonomastics
- Englishpsychoonomastics
From psycho- + onomastics.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech psychoonomastika
- psychoonomastikaTranslations
Estonian psühhoonomastika
- psühhoonomastikaTranslations
Hungarian pszichoonomasztika
- pszichoonomasztikaTranslations
Italian psiconomastica
- psiconomasticaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
psychoonomastics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoonomastics
MLA
“psychoonomastics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoonomastics. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychoonomastics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoonomastics.
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