Where does “anomalo” come from?
anomalo (Italian) comes from Spanish anómalo, from Latin anōmalos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
anomalo (Italian): anomalous, abnormal, dysfunctional
Definitions
- anomalous, abnormal, dysfunctional
Ancestry of “anomalo”, step by step
anomalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish anómalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | anómalo | aberrant; atypical |
| 2 | Latin | anōmalos | deviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous, abnormal, exceptional |
| 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 |
via Latin anōmalus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | anōmalus | — |