anonymous
/əˈnɒn.ə.məs/ · adj
Meaning
- Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
- Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
- Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
- Lacking individuality.
- A decentralized hacktivist group that conducts cyberattacks opposing primarily Internet censorship and government corruption.
- A member of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.
- The members of an anonymous imageboard website, especially of 4chan.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous.
- ᾰ̓νώνῠμος(grc)→
- anonymus(la-lat)→
- anonymous (English)
- Relations: der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- anonyymi(Finnish) (cog)
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