An unfortunate choice of word, especially coming from linguists. To be well-formed Greek it should be 'hyperonym': this contains all the root ονυμ- "name", and clearly isn't a homophone of its antonym 'hyponym'.
An unfortunate choice of word, especially coming from linguists. To be well-formed Greek it should be 'hyperonym': this contains all the root ονυμ- "name", and clearly isn't a homophone of its antonym 'hyponym'.