The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνά“up, back”
- Latin · borrowed fromanagramma
- Middle French · borrowed fromanagramme
- English todayanagram
Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀνά all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.