Etymology

anatopism

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Today it means: A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀνά
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνά“against”
  2. English todayanatopism

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “against”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), apparently by analogy with anachronism.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀνά all →

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