Etymograph

English

ananym

Ananym comes from Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*aná‘up, upon’reconstructed
  2. Englishtodayananym

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*aná‘up, upon’reconstructed
  2. Englishtodayananym

A compound of ana- ‘backward’ + -nym ‘name’

Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’

Ancient Greek ἀνά ‘on, up, above, throughout’

English ana-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

on, end, along, upon, anterior, asunder, 7 more

through Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’

ana, 4 more

Today it means

noun A pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *aná / ananym

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