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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix Word; name.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek -ōnumon, neuter of -ōnumos, having a specified kind of name, from onuma, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.]

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