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-nym

-nym

See also: nym

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Suffix

-nym

  1. Used to form nouns describing types of word or name

Note: Most of the words that end in -nym end in -onym, which is the proper suffix from the Greek ὄνυμα (ὄnyma). The only exceptions in the following list are contranym, hypernym, pertainym, and polynym.

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