Where does “anomaly” come from?
Anomaly comes from Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία, from ἀνώμαλος meaning uneven, formed from the prefix ἀ- (not) and sem- (one).
anomaly (English): A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded...
Definitions
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded...
Ancestry of “anomaly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | anomalia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνωμαλία | inequality, irregularity, unevenness,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνώμαλος | uneven, irregular; precarious; inconsistent,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
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