onomastics

Meaning

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

Synonyms

onomatology

onomasiology

Translations

onomastique

onomástica

onomastica

Onomastik

onomástica

onomàstica

Namenforschung

onomástico

Namenkunde

naamkunde

onomastiek

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Onomatologie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/

Etymology

Cognate with English: name

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).