▁the ▁An cient ▁Greek ▁suffix ▁ ▁( ō nym on ), ▁neut er ▁of ▁the ▁suffix ▁ ▁( ō nym os ), ▁having ▁a ▁specified ▁kind ▁of ▁name , ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁ ▁( ón oma ), ▁A e ol ic ▁Greek ▁ <0xE1> <0xBD> <0x84> ν υ μ α ▁( ón y ma ), ▁" name ". ▁The ▁form ▁- ō nym os ▁is ▁that ▁taken ▁by ▁ ón oma ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁end ▁component ▁of ▁a ▁b ah uv ri hi ▁comp ound , ▁but ▁in ▁English ▁its ▁use ▁is ▁extended ▁to ▁t at pur usa ▁comp ounds . ▁ ▁The ▁suffix ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁many ▁modern ▁languages ▁with ▁various ▁spell ings . ▁Ex amples ▁are : ▁Dutch ▁syn on iem , ▁German ▁Syn onym , ▁Portuguese ▁sin ón imo , ▁Russian ▁си но ним ▁( sin on im ), ▁Polish ▁syn on im , ▁Finn ish ▁syn ony ymi , ▁Indones ian ▁sin on im , ▁Czech ▁syn onym um . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁study ▁of ▁words ▁ending ▁in ▁- onym , ▁there ▁are ▁four ▁disc ern ible ▁classes ▁of ▁- onym ▁words : ▁( 1 ) ▁historic , ▁classic , ▁or , ▁for ▁want ▁of ▁better ▁terms , ▁naturally ▁occurr ing ▁or ▁common ▁words ; ▁( 2 ) ▁scientific ▁termin ology , ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁particular ▁in ▁lingu istics , ▁on om ast ics , ▁etc .; ▁( 3 ) ▁language ▁games ; ▁and ▁( 4 ) ▁non ce ▁words . ▁Old