Definition of "onomastics" [onomastics]

• The study of the origins and forms of proper names. (noun)
• The study of the origins and forms of terms used in specialized fields. (noun)
• The system that underlies the formation and use of proper names or terms used in specialized fields. (noun)

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• ""word meaning" as you declare, but rather "onomastics" is the study of proper names and thus, "anonymous" is not strictly a fit object of onomatology."
• "When we clear away the junk linguistics, this alleged Etruscan sound change of f h rests solely on foreign onomastics."
• "Yet onomastics between Etruscan, Latin and Greek prove once again that this assumption is false since Etruscan Χalχas is borrowed from Greek Κάλχας, Paχa is from Greek Βάκχος, leχtumuza is a diminutive based on a loan from Greek λήκυθος nb."