onomastics

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

Similar words

onomatology onomasiology toponymy onomast patronomatology odonymy anthroponymy toponymics toponomastics toponomy

Often followed by

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Word family

onomastician onomasticians