ethnonymy etymology

English word ethnonymy comes from English -onymy, English ethno-

Detailed word origin of ethnonymy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-onymy English (eng) Used to form nouns describing the the study, formation, or use of words or names.
ethno- English (eng) Race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings).
ethnonymy English (eng) (linguistics) the naming of people, the creation of ethnonyms.

Words with the same origin as ethnonymy

Descendants of -onymy
antonymy capitonymy chresonymy chrononymy endonymy eponymy euonymy exonymy holonymy hydronymy hyponymy metronymy micronymy myonymy netcronym organonymy paleonymy papponymy poecilonymy pseudonymy retronymy tautonymy theonymy xenonymy
Descendants of ethno-
ethnoarchaeology ethnoastronomy ethnobiologist ethnoburb ethnocentric fallacy ethnocracy ethnocultural ethnogenesis ethnogenocide ethnographer ethnohistoric ethnoknowledge ethnology ethnomania ethnomethodology ethnomusic ethnoornithologist ethnophilia ethnophysiology ethnopoetic ethnopoiesis ethnopsychopharmacology ethnoscience ethnosociology ethnoterritory