English
onomatoid
Onomatoid comes from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’, and goes back to *weyd- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Englishtodayonomatoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Englishtodayonomatoid
A compound of onomato- + -oid
Hittite Hittite form ‘to sue, judge’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
Proto-Hellenic *ónomə ‘name’
Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος
English onomato-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
guy, story, video, idea, review, visit, evidence, provide, advice, interview, guide, witness, vision, historic, visa, wisdom, advise, invisible, wit, wizard, evident, visibility, historian, vista, wisely, witty, revise, guise, prudent, envious, jurisprudence, unwise, prudence, revue, improvise, avis, purview, druid, twit, vide, 104 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
through Ancient Greek εἶδος
idol, steroid, tabloid, hypothyroidism, idyll, hyperthyroidism, thyroxine, trapezoid, parathyroid, hyoid, colloid, thyroiditis, sigmoid, 49 more
Today it means
noun In the philosophy of reism, any name denoting a state, relation, property, etc. rather than a body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / onomatoid