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What's the problem with onymous? It's in all main dictionaries - nonymous is not (besides UD). Sure, it might not make sense looking at the Latin origin, but th
by netrus 12y ago
What's the problem with onymous? It's in all main dictionaries - nonymous is not (besides UD). Sure, it might not make sense looking at the Latin origin, but that's how language evolves.
- PeterWhittaker 12y agoIn fact, I've just learned something: My Greek etymology was all wrong, onymous is correct, nonymous is nonsense. I'd taken the "a" as the "not" (as in "atom"), when in fact the word being negated is "onoma", meaning "having a name". I'd snarked early and ignorantly, thanks for pointing out my error.