Etymology

anomalistic

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Today it means: Anomalous. Full definition →

English anomaly ← Latin anōmalia ← Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-s
  7. Ancient Greekὁμᾰλός (homălós)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)
  9. Ancient Greekἀνωμαλία (anōmalía)
  10. Latinanōmalia
  11. Englishanomaly
  12. English todayanomalistic

From anomaly + -istic.

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