Where does “anonym” come from?
anonym (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
anonym (Norwegian Bokmål): anonymous
Ancestry of “anonym”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̓νώνῠμος | without name |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |