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onomasticon; from Greek onomastikos (of names), from onoma (name). Earliest documented use: 1710.
The definition of today's word only gives information about the onoma part of the word. How about sticon or masticon, if anybody knows? masticon makes me think of chewing
(masticar)-Spanish.
(masticare)-Italian. A name chewer?
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The -ma- is part of the onoma-. I suspect the -sticon part is just an inflectional ending. zmjezhd or goofy could give a better explanation, I'm sure.
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The ending -stikon looks like some derivational suffixes with a final neuter inflectional ending -on (cf. Latin -um).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Thank you both, I'll chew on this.
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The OED says: As noun < Hellenistic Greek ὀνομαστικόν onomasticon n. As adjective < ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός of or belonging to naming < ὀνομαστός named ( < ὀνομάζειν to name ( < ὄνομα name: see onomato- comb. form) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix. "name" is verbed to onomazein "to name" onomazein "to name" plus the suffix -tos gives onomastos "named" (the z turns into s?) onomastos plus the suffix -ikos gives onomastikos "of or belonging to naming" the noun form of onomastikos is onomastikon
Last edited by goofy; 10/06/2011 6:25 PM.
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Greek in a nutshell. Thank you.
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certainly thoughtprovoking
----please, draw me a sheep----
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