onomastics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪks/ (US)
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- /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪks/ (US)
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 *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)bor. English onomastic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English onomastics First attested in 1936, from the adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716) with a suffix -s, from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós), from ὀνομαστός (onomastós, “named”), form of ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (whence English name).
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.
Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.
2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 65:From the point of view of onomastics, proper names fulfill many functions (individualizing, localizing, differentiating etc.).
(Can we date this quote?), David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno, page 405:
Deriveds
psychoonomastics · anthroponomastics · socio-onomastics · toponomastics · coronomastics
Hypernyms
Relateds
onomastician · onomastic · nomenclature · onomastically · onomasticon · etymology · nomenclaturist
Synonyms
Translations (59)
af onomatologie (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · fo fólkanavnafrøði (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sl imenoslovje (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · is nafnfræði (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Onomasiologie (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Onomastik (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · pl nazewnictwo (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · fr onomastique (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ms onomastik (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · mn ᠨᠡᠷᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · nl naamkunde (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · it onomastica (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ja 固有名詞学 (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · hy հատկանվանաբանություն (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · fo navnafrøði (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · nl onomastiek (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Onomatologie (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ru онома́стика (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Namenkunde (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · cs onomastika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sv namnforskning (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · gl onomástica (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · th นามศาสตร์ (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · cmn 專名學 /专名学 (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sk onomastika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ro onomastică (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · eo onomastiko (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · pl onomastyka (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Bezeichnungslehre (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · be анама́стыка (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · hu onomasztika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · mk ономастика (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · mk ономатологија (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · pt onomástica (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sq onomastikë (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · fi nimistöntutkimus (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ro onomatologie (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · el ονοματολογία (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · io nomaro (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · kmr onomastîk (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · af onomastiek (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sv onomastik (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · hu névtan (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · es onomástica (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · yi אָנאָמאַסטיק (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sl onomastika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · eo nomscienco (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sh онома̀стика (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · eu onomastika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · uk онома́стика (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · af naamkunde (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · ca onomàstica (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · de Namenforschung (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · bg онома́стика (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sh imenòslōvlje (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · kmr navnasî (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sh имено̀сло̄вље (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · mn нэрзүй (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names) · sh onomàstika (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)