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onomasiology

noun

  1. the study of words and expressions having similar or associated concepts and a basis (as social, regional, occupational) for being grouped
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English onomasiology From Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”) + English -logy.

  1. A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.

    “Onomasiology, whether or not one inclines to grant it the status of a self-sufficient discipline claimed for it by some Central European supporters, closed another series of gaps by inducing workers to assemble regionally, socially, stylistically, or chronologically differentiated words of identical or similar meaning.”