anonymous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾰ̓νώνῠμος“without name”
2. Late Latin · derived fromanonymus
3. English todayanonymous

Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”). English equivalent an- + -onymous.