Anthroponymy

//ænθɹəʊˈpɒnɪmɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of personal names. uncountable

Etymology

English anthrop- (“person, human”) + Ancient Greek ὠνυμία (ōnumía) (from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)); By surface analysis, anthrop- + -onymy = anthropo- + -nymy.

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