Editing Retronym (section)

== Etymology ==
The term ''retronym'', a [[neologism]] composed of the [[classical compound|combining forms]] ''[[wikt:retro-#Prefix|retro-]]'' (from Latin {{lang|la|retro}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/retro#Latin|title=retro - Wiktionary|website=en.wiktionary.org|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> "before") + ''[[wikt:-nym#Suffix|-nym]]'' (from Greek {{lang|el-latn|[[ónoma]]}}, "name"), was coined by [[Frank Mankiewicz]] in 1980 and popularized by [[William Safire]] in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''.<ref name=safire2>{{cite news|first=William|last=Safire|author-link=William Safire|title=Retronym|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/magazine/07wwln_safire.t.html |work=New York Times Magazine|date=January 7, 2007|access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref><ref name=safire1/>

In 2000, ''[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|The American Heritage Dictionary]]'' (4th edition) became the first major dictionary to include the word ''retronym''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/features/61879.php|title=New words for old times|last=Smith|first=Lyrysa|date=November 23, 2003|newspaper=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428112244/http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/features/61879.php|archive-date=April 28, 2008|access-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref>