different between onomastics vs onomasiology

English

Etymology

1936, from the adjective onomastic (“of or belonging to naming”) (1716) with a suffix -s, from French onomastique, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (onomastikós), from ????????? (onomastós, “named”), form of ??????? (onomáz?, “I name”), from ????? (ónoma, “name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?nómn? (“name”) (whence English name).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.n???mæs.t?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.no??mæs.t?ks/, /???.n??mæs.t?ks/

Noun

onomastics pl (plural only)

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

Synonyms

• onomatology

Hypernyms

• lexicology
• etymology (in sense of “origins”)

Hyponyms

• anthroponymy
• toponymy

Derived terms

Related terms

• onomastic
• onomastically
• onomastician
• onomasticon

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (onomáz?, “I name”) +? -logy.

Noun

onomasiology (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.

Synonyms

• onomastics
• onomatology

Coordinate terms

• semasiology

Derived terms

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