Re: OT: polyonomy
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 9, 2006, 23:37 |
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On Dec 9, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Eugene Oh wrote:
> The Greek word for "name" is actually onoma. And IIRC I've only ever
Oh, yeah, I misspoke. I think <onoma> is the form used in most
dialects, with <onyma> in Aeolic and Doric (according to Perseus).
>> >Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> wrote:
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>> >Anyway, if the etymological meaning is "many names", I think it
>> >should be <polyonymy>. The "extra" O is part of the Greek word for
>> >"name", <onymos>. <Polynomy>, AFAICT, would mean "many systems of