Onomastics

Etymology

Onomastics originates from the Greek onomastikós (), itself derived from ónoma ().

Branches

• Toponymy (or more precisely toponomastics), one of the principal branches of onomastics, is the study of place names.
• Anthroponymy is the study of personal names.
• Literary onomastics is the branch that researches the names in works of literature and other fiction.
• Socio-onomastics or re-onomastics is the study of names within a society or culture.

References

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