selfname
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selfname
- /ˈsɛlfˌneɪm/ US
Where it comes from
From self (“own, proper”) + name. The autonym sense is possibly a calque of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”), which are the ultimate roots of English autonym itself.
noun selfnames · self-name · self name
- A proper name; a name for one's own self, as opposed to one's family; one's real name. Surnames are, with a few exceptions, monosyllabic. Selfnames can be either monosyllabic or bisyllabic.
- A name given to oneself; a self-denomination or self-appellation. Mina is the selfname of the language referred to in the literature as Hina or Besleri.
- An autonym. In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, [...]
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