The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-s
- Ancient Greekὁμᾰλός (homălós)
- Ancient Greekἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)
- Ancient Greekἀνωμαλία (anōmalía)
- Latinanōmalia
- English todayanomaly
From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.