English
anonymity
Anonymity may come from Latin anonymus ‘anonymous’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanonymus‘anonymous’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1920anonymity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanonymus‘anonymous’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1920anonymity
Earliest quotation: 1920, John Moffatt Mecklin, The Traits of the Great Society as Illustrated by the Corpor: “The profiteer who through a combine fleeces the public…”
Formed from -ity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, nomination, noun, allocate, nominal, nominate, renown, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, 31 more
through Ancient Greek ὄνομα ‘name’
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin anonymus / anonymity