Etymology

anonymize

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Today it means: To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data). Full definition →

English anonym(ous) ← Late Latin anonymus ← Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  6. Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
  7. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos)
  9. Late Latinanonymus
  10. Englishanonym(ous)
  11. English todayanonymize

From anonym(ous) + -ize.

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