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==Origin==
==Origin==
late [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb ''mesnommer'', from ''mes''- ‘wrongly’ + ''nommer'' ‘to name’ (based on [[Latin]] ''nomen'' ‘name’).
late [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb ''mesnommer'', from ''mes''- ‘wrongly’ + ''nommer'' ‘to name’ (based on [[Latin]] ''nomen'' ‘name’).
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1:a wrong or inaccurate [[name]] or designation: “king crab” is a misnomer—these [[creatures]] are not crustaceans at all.
*1:a wrong or inaccurate [[name]] or designation: “king crab” is a misnomer—these [[creatures]] are not crustaceans at all.
#Transference of a well-known product brand name into a genericized trademark (e.g., Xerox for photocopy, Kleenex for tissue or Jell-o for gelatin dessert).
#Transference of a well-known product brand name into a genericized trademark (e.g., Xerox for photocopy, Kleenex for tissue or Jell-o for gelatin dessert).
#An older name being retained even in the face of newer [[information]] (e.g., Chinese checkers, Arabic numerals).
#An older name being retained even in the face of newer [[information]] (e.g., Chinese checkers, Arabic numerals).
#''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto Pars pro toto]'', or a name being applied to something which only covers part of a region. The name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland Holland] is often used to refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands] while it only designates a part of that country; sometimes people refer to the [[suburb]]s of a metropolis with the name of the biggest city in the metropolis.
#''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto Pars pro toto]'', or a name being applied to something which only covers part of a region. The name [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland Holland] is often used to refer to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands] while it only designates a part of that country; sometimes people refer to the [[suburb]]s of a metropolis with the name of the biggest city in the metropolis.
#A name being based on a similarity in a particular aspect (e.g., "shooting stars" look like falling stars but are actually [[meteors]]).
#A name being based on a similarity in a particular aspect (e.g., "shooting stars" look like falling stars but are actually [[meteors]]).
#[[Association]] of a thing with a place other than one might assume. For example, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_hat Panama hats] are made in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador Ecuador], but came to be associated with the building of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal Panama Canal].
#[[Association]] of a thing with a place other than one might assume. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_hat Panama hats] are made in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador Ecuador], but came to be associated with the building of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal Panama Canal].
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]