Etymology of the English word synonym
the English word
synonymderived from the Old French word
synonymederived from the Latin word
synonymum (synonym)
derived from the Greek word
sunonumonderived from the Greek word
onoma, ὄνομα (a 'name' (authority, character))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nō-men-derived from the Greek word
sunonumos, συνώνυμος
using the Greek prefix
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
derived from the Late Latin word
synonymderived from the Greek word
sunonumonderived from the Greek word
onoma, ὄνομα (a 'name' (authority, character))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nō-men-derived from the Greek word
sunonumos, συνώνυμος
using the Greek prefix
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
Date
The earliest known usage of synonym in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
antonym,
synonymist,
synonymizeCognates
Dutch
synoniem, French
synoynyme, German
synonym, German
Synonyme, Lithuanian
sinonimas, Norwegian
synonym, Russian
cинoним, Swedish
synonymUsage
Word found in Modern English
