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hyponym

The origin and history of hyponym.

Etymology

Formed either from hyp- and -onym, or from hypo- and -nym; it traces back to Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, "under") and ὄνυμα (ónuma, "appellation"), a specifically Doric dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, "name").

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