Where does “anomalia” come from?
anomalia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto anomalio, from English anomaly, from Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
anomalia (Esperanto): anomalous, abnormal
Ancestry of “anomalia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | anomalio | anomaly, abnormality |
| 2 | English | anomaly | A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded... |
| 3 | Latin | anomalia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνωμαλία | inequality, irregularity, unevenness,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνώμαλος | uneven, irregular; precarious; inconsistent,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |