-onym (English, suffix)
| Term or phrase | -onym |
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| Language | English |
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| Function in sentence or vocabulary | suffix |
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| Alternative spelling | -onymy |
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| Dialects or regional variations | |
| Sources of information in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Sources of information online |
| Alternative spelling | -onymic |
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| Sources of information in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Sources of information online |
| Alternative spelling | -onymous |
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| Dialects or regional variations | |
| Sources of information in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Sources of information online |
| Description of origin, manner, or change of usage | The ending principally appears in words that describe kinds of words. ... Abstract nouns for the state or concept are formed in -onymy: homonymy, metonymy, toponymy. Adjectives are formed in -onymic or -onymous, sometimes both, though the former is rather more common (eponymous, metonymic, synonymous, toponymic). |
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| Is the text of the description a quotation or a paraphrase of the source? | quotation |
| Was the source of the description in print? If so, insert the source here. | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Or was the source of the description online? If so, insert the source here. | |
| Century CE or BCE of origin, manner, or change of usage | |
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| Related languages | |
| Related terms and phrases | ending, world, kind, abstract, noun, state, concept, form, homonymy, metonymy, toponymy, adjective, former, common, eponymous, metonymic, synonymous, toponymic |
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| Antecedent term or phrase | onuma |
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| Antecedent language | Greek Romanized |
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| Sources of information in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Sources of information online |
| Definition | A name. |
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| Is the text of the definition a quotation or a paraphrase of the source? | quotation |
| Source of definition in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), s.v. “-onym" |
| Significant terms and phrases | name |
| Definition | A name for a type of word. |
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| Dialects or regional variations | |
| Is the text of the definition a quotation or a paraphrase of the source? | quotation |
| Source of definition in print | Quinion, Michael, Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), 171 |
| Significant terms and phrases | name, type, word |
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