capitonym

English

Examples
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Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin capitālisbor.

Old French capitalbor.

Middle English capital

English capital

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Hellenic *ónomə

Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)der.

Ancient Greek -ώνυμον (-ṓnumon)bor.

New Latin -ōnymumbor.

English -onym

English capitonym

From capital + -onym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɪtə(ˌ)nɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

capitonym (plural capitonyms)

1. (linguistics) A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.

   Coordinate terms: heteronym; heterophone; homograph; homonym; homophone

Derived terms

• capitonymic (adjective)