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ONYM - The suffix -onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name", and words ending in -onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of wh...
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Word suffix |
Ender for "pseud-" |
Word: Suffix |
Name (Suff.) |
Suffix meaning 'word' |
Suffix after ant- or syn- |
Ending with syn- or ant- |
Word ending for word types |
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In zoology, the technical name of a species or other group, consisting of one or more terms applied conformably with some recognized system of nomenclature. |
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The suffix -onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name", and words ending in -onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are classical compounds. For example, an acronym is a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term (as radar). The use of -onym words provides a means of classifying, often to a fine degree of resolution, sets of nouns with common attributes. * In some words, the -onym form has been modified by replacing (or dropping) the "o". In the examples ananym and metanym, the correct forms (anonym and metonym) were pre-occupied by other meanings. Other, late 20th century examples, such as hypernym and characternym, are typically incorrectly formed neologisms for which there are more traditional words formed in -onym (hyperonym and charactonym). * The English suffix -onym is from the Ancient Greek suffix - (nymon), neuter of the suffix (nymos), having a specified kind of name, from |