onomastics
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onomastics
- /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/ UK
- /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪks/ US
- /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪks/ US
Where it comes from
First attested in 1936, from the adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716) with a suffix -s, from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), from ὀνομαστός (onomastós, “named”), form of ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (whence English name).
noun
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The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.
Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.
Similar: onomatology
Translations
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noun branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names
| Español | onomástica |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 固有名詞学 koyūmeishi-gaku |
| 中文 | 專名學 /专名学 zhuānmíngxué |
| Português | onomástica |
| Français | onomastique |
| Deutsch | Onomastik, Namenkunde, Onomatologie, Onomasiologie, Namenforschung, Bezeichnungslehre |
| Italiano | onomastica |
| Ελληνικά | ονοματολογία onomatología |
| Română | onomastică, onomatologie |
| Русский | онома́стика onomástika |
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