verb · intransitive · frequent

to-name

to-name · to-names · to-named · to-naming

Synonym of byname, to give a byname toSynonym of byname, to give a byname to.

Meaning

1 senses

(Scotland, UK, dialectal)Synonym of byname, to give a byname to.

Origin

From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to-

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.

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Forms

to-names, to-naming, to-named, to-named

Base form	to-name · to to-name
3rd person singular	to-names
Present participle	to-naming
Past simple	to-named
Past participle	to-named

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	to-name
he, she, it	to-names

Past simpleLesson

all persons

to-named

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have to-named
he, she, it	has to-named

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will to-name

Synonyms

2 synonyms

bynameto give a byname to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle