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onomastics
Sep. 21st, 2005 07:35 amonomastics - n., the study of the forms and origins of proper names.
The more common form of the word is onomasticon, a dictionary of names. The root, onuma, is the source of the suffix -nym, as in pseudonym.
---L.
The more common form of the word is onomasticon, a dictionary of names. The root, onuma, is the source of the suffix -nym, as in pseudonym.
---L.
