poecilonymy etymology

English word poecilonymy comes from English poecilo-, English -onymy

Detailed word origin of poecilonymy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
poecilo- English (eng)
-onymy English (eng) Used to form nouns describing the the study, formation, or use of words or names.
poecilonymy English (eng) The use of several names for the same thing in the same document.

Words with the same origin as poecilonymy

Descendants of -onymy
antonymy capitonymy chresonymy chrononymy endonymy eponymy ethnonymy euonymy exonymy holonymy hydronymy hyponymy metronymy micronymy myonymy netcronym organonymy paleonymy papponymy pseudonymy retronymy tautonymy theonymy xenonymy