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Onomastics

//ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names. plural, plural-only

    "Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children."

  2. 2
    the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names wordnet

Etymology

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).

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