Weegy: It's a greek word. Homonym < homo + -onymos In ancient greek homo- means the same, something that resembles something else, while onymos comes from onoma which means name. [ So homonym means something that has the same name with another, or that it's name sounds the same....ref: ]
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The etymology of homonym is from the Greek (homonymos), meaning "having the same name", which is the conjunction of (homos), "common, same, similar " and (onoma) meaning "name".
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