anonym

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anonym

/ˈæn.ə.nɪm/

Where it comes from

Borrowed, around 1812, from French anonyme (“anonymous person”), from the nominalization of the adjective anonyme (“anonymous”), from Latin anōnymus (adjective), from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”, adjective). By surface analysis, an- + -onym.

noun anonyms

An anonymous person. The Psalter was translated into English, in verse, in the second half of the thirteenth century: [...]; again in prose, towards 1327, by an anonym, who has been wrongly believed to be William de Shoreham, a monk of Leeds priory: [...].
Similar: anon
nonstandard, rare An assumed or false name; a pseudonym.
Similar: pseudonym · Opposite: autonym, orthonym, alethonym
A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.
Opposite: systematic name

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noun anonymous person

Español	anónimo, anónima
Français	anonyme
Deutsch	Anonymus
Italiano	anonimo, anonima
Română	anonim
Русский	анони́м anoním

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@misc{anonym_2026,
  title = {anonym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anonym},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}