capitonym

capitonym

English

Examples

May and may
Polish and polish
APA and apa
more: Appendix:English capitonyms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput
Proto-Italic *kaput
Latin caput
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin capitālisbor.
Old French capitalbor.
Middle English capital
English capital
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Hellenic *ónomə
Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der.
New Latinder.
English -onym
English capitonym

    From capital + -onym.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkæpɪtə(ˌ)nɪm/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

    capitonym (plural capitonyms)

    1. (linguistics) A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.
      Coordinate terms: heteronym; heterophone; homograph; homonym; homophone

    Derived terms

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