English
homonym
Homonym comes from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμώνυμονhomṓnumon
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomōnymum
- Englishtodayhomonym
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμώνυμονhomṓnumon
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomōnymum
- Englishtodayhomonym
Equivalent to hom- + -onym
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’
English hom-
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον
Today it means
noun A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον / homonym