-onym - 2 dictionary results
-onym
| a combining form of Greek origin, meaning “word,” “name”: pseudonym. |
Origin:
ult. < Gk -ōnymos having the kind of name specified, comb. form repr. ónyma, dial. var. of ónoma name
ult. < Gk -ōnymos having the kind of name specified, comb. form repr. ónyma, dial. var. of ónoma name

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| -onym
suff. Word; name: acronym. [Greek -ōnumon, neuter of -ōnumos, having a specified kind of name, from onuma, name; see n -men- in Indo-European roots.]
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-men- in Indo-European roots.]







