onomastics

Senso (Inglese)

The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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).

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