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Where does “anthroponomic” come from?

anthroponomic (English) comes from English anthroponomy, from English anthropo-, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

anthroponomic (English): Relating to anthroponomy

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  1. Relating to anthroponomy

Ancestry of “anthroponomic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthroponomyThe science of the laws of the development of the...
2Englishanthropo-Forming words related to men or people
3Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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