Etymograph

English

anonymuncule

Anonymuncule comes from Latin anōnymus ‘anonymous’, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα ‘Lyric, Aeolic, and Laconian form of ὄνομᾰ…’, and ultimately from Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ónomə‘name’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄνομαónoma‘name’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὄνυμα‘Lyric, Aeolic, and Laconian form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνώνυμος‘anonymous, nameless’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanōnymus‘anonymous’
  8. Englishtodayanonymuncule

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ónomə‘name’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄνομαónoma‘name’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὄνυμα‘Lyric, Aeolic, and Laconian form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνώνυμος‘anonymous, nameless’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanōnymus‘anonymous’
  8. Englishtodayanonymuncule

Every English word from Hittite ḫannaⁱ-

Today it means

noun an insignificant anonymous writer.

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

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