onoma

Onoma translates to English as the word name or fame.

Acronym: Deciphering Its Definition and Greek Roots

December 31, 2023 philology by Andreas Leave a Comment

Discover ‘acronym’, derived from Greek ‘akros’ and ‘onym’, signifying a word formed from initial letters of other words.

Name

September 3, 2021 every day language by Andreas 2 Comments

The name has roots in the Greek word Onoma

Definition and etymology of onomatopoeia

August 12, 2021 philology by Andreas Leave a Comment

Onomatopoia would translate from Greek as “creating names”.

Anonymous

May 10, 2021 every day language by Andreas Leave a Comment

Greek word Όνομα (Ónoma) means name or fame. The letter a or an before a word means the lack of the word. So Ανώνυμος (ánonymos) means someone with no name or fameI am not sure the Anonumous Group mean no fame but surely they meant lack of a name.

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