Etymology

anormal

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Today it means: Not according to normality; abnormal. Full definition →

Middle French anormal ← Latin anōrmālis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromanōrmālis
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromanormal
  3. English todayanormal

From Middle French anormal and probably also partly Latin anōrmālis, equivalent to a- + normal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.