onomasiology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English onomasiology From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + English -logy.
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(uncountable) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.
Onomasiology, whether or not one inclines to grant it the status of a self-sufficient discipline claimed for it by some Central European supporters, closed another series of gaps by inducing workers to assemble regionally, socially, stylistically, or chronologically differentiated words of identical or similar meaning.
1954, Yakov Malkiel, “Etymology and the Structure of Word Families”, in Word, volume 10, numbers 2-3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 265:
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onomasiologic · onomasiologically · onomasiological · onomasiologist
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Translations (19)
it onomasiologia (branch of lexicology) · fi onomasiologia (branch of lexicology) · oc onomasiologia (branch of lexicology) · de Bezeichnungslehre (branch of lexicology) · de Onomasiologie (branch of lexicology) · et onomasioloogia (branch of lexicology) · de Benennungslehre (branch of lexicology) · ca onomasiologia (branch of lexicology) · fi nimitysoppi (branch of lexicology) · pt onomasiologia (branch of lexicology) · es onomasiología (branch of lexicology) · be анамасіяло́гія (branch of lexicology) · cs onomaziologie (branch of lexicology) · gl onomasioloxía (branch of lexicology) · fr onomasiologie (branch of lexicology) · ru ономасиоло́гия (branch of lexicology) · ga onamaiseolaíocht (branch of lexicology) · uk ономасіоло́гія (branch of lexicology) · nl onomasiologie (branch of lexicology)