English Explanatory Dictionary

to-name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
verb
  1. Synonym of byname, to give a byname to.

Word forms

to-name to-names tee-name toname tuename towname to-naming to-named

Etymology

From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn.

Synonyms

byname any secondary name including epithets surnames nicknames cognomens etc to give a byname to
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