ORIGIN: Repr. Greek onuma (Aeolic), onoma name; in later use extracted from homonym synonym
-nym
Suffix
- Used to form nouns describing types of word or name
Note: Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ὄnyma). The only exceptions in the following list are contranym, hypernym, pertainym, and polynym.