onomastic

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 16
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/

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/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/ · /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪk/ (US) · /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪk/ (US)

Definition of onomastic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of or relating to a personal or place name.

“The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Of or relating to a personal or place name.

“The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.”
(not-comparable)Of or relating to onomastics.

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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 Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)bor. English onomastic Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós).

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