-onym

-onym

a combining form of Greek origin, meaning “word,” “name”: pseudonym.

Origin:
ultimately < Greek -ōnymos having the kind of name specified, combining form representing ónyma, dialectal variant of ónoma name

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-onym
 
n combining form
indicating a name or word: acronym; pseudonym
 
[from Greek -onumon, from onuma, Doric variant of onoma name]

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-onym is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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