onomastics
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prettygoodwordonomastics - 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.
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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.
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Onomastics
Date: 2005-09-21 05:12 pm (UTC)pk
Re: Onomastics
Date: 2005-09-21 08:21 pm (UTC)---L.