-nym

From Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric and Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Compare with English -onym.

-nym

1. Used to form nouns describing types of word or name

• Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ὄnyma). The only exceptions in the following list are contranym, hypernym, pertainym, and polynym.

• -onym

• myn