-nym

-nym

See also: nym

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Hellenic *ónomə
Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der.
English -nym

    See -onym § Etymology.

    Suffix

    -nym

    1. Alternative form of -onym.

    Usage notes

    • Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ónyma).

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -nym
    abionym
    acronym
    agionym
    allonym
    anachronym
    anacronym
    ananym
    andronym
    anonym
    antagonym
    anthroponym
    anthropotoponym
    antonym
    apronym
    aptonym
    aptronym
    asteronym
    astronym
    autoantonym
    autoethnonym
    autoglossonym
    autoglottonym
    autoholonym
    autohypernym
    autohyponym
    autohyponymic
    autohyponymous
    autolinguonym
    automeronym
    autonym
    autonymous
    backronym
    basionym
    basonym
    caconym
    capitonym
    characternym
    charactonym
    cheironym
    choronym
    chromonym
    chrononym
    cohyponym
    cohyponymic
    comeronym
    contronym
    cryptonym
    demonym
    dendronym
    dionym
    endoethnonym
    endonym
    eponym
    ethnonym
    euonym
    euphonym
    exoethnonym
    exonym
    geonym
    gerontonym
    glossonym
    glottonym
    hagionym
    hagiotoponym
    helonym
    hemihomonym
    heterobasionym
    heteronym
    hodonym
    homonym
    hydronym
    hypernym
    hypernymically
    hypernymously
    hyperonym
    hyponym
    hyponymically
    ichthyonym
    internym
    ironym
    isonym
    limnonym
    linguonym
    meronym
    metanym
    metonym
    mononym
    myonymy
    mythonym
    necronym
    nesonym
    netcronym
    numeronym
    odonym
    ornithonym
    orthonym
    paleonym
    papponymic
    paranym
    parasynonym
    paronym
    partonym
    patronym
    pertainym
    phytonym
    plesionym
    poecilonym
    politonym
    polynym
    polyonym
    potamonym
    protonym
    pseudonym
    retronym
    spinonym
    synisonym
    synonym
    tautonym
    taxonym
    teknonym
    telonym
    textonym
    theonym
    toponym
    trionym
    troponym
    typonym
    uninym
    urbanonym
    xenonym
    zoonym
    • English terms suffixed with -onym

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