Where does “anopisthographic” come from?

anopisthographic (English) comes from English opisthographic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

anopisthographic (English): Not opisthographic; bearing writing on one side...

Definitions

  1. Not opisthographic; bearing writing on one side...

Ancestry of “anopisthographic”, step by step

anopisthographic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English opisthographic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopisthographicWritten on both sides; Relating to an...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en