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Definitions
the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names
Word origin
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).
Used in a sentence
“Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.”
“From the point of view of onomastics, proper names fulfill many functions (individualizing, localizing, differentiating etc.).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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