Where does “anything” come from?
anything (Middle English) comes from Old English aniþing, from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ainag.
Ancestry of “anything”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | aniþing | — |
| 2 | Old English | ǣniġ | any |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *ainag | — |
Words derived from “anything”