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Where does “Anaximander” come from?

Anaximander is the English form of Ancient Greek Ἀναξίμανδρος, a proper name of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Anaximander”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἈναξίμανδρος—
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “Anaximander”

  • Anaximanderian
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