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AnonEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Shortened form of anonymous
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗anonEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗anonEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of anonymous.
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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 12
Did English algorism arrive through French or directly from Medieval Latin?
The sources preserve both channels. Merriam-Webster names Middle French and Medieval Latin; Etymonline emphasizes Old French from Medieval Latin.
Which Aboriginal language supplied boomerang?
Dharug bumarin and a Dharawal bou-mar-rang form are published candidates, but the Australian National Dictionary Centre says the exact source language remains uncertain.
How was English etymological formed?
Merriam-Webster analyzes etymologic from Latin etymologicus and etymological as etymologic + -al; Etymonline analyzes etymology + -ical.
Can Latin lēx and Germanic law converge at *legh-?
Possibly, but uncertain. American Heritage presents Latin lēx from *leǵ- as one analysis and separately allows a possible “laid down” route from *legh-.
Is poncho securely Mapuche or Spanish?
It remains disputed. A major English dictionary and Sánchez support Mapuche ancestry; current RAE and Iwasaki advance a Spanish-internal analysis grounded partly in an early 1530 record.
Is the PIE salt root written *sal- or *séh₂l-?
Both appear in the reviewed references at different representational resolutions. SET-U reuses *séh₂l- as the canonical dossier node and records *sal- as an alternative notation, not a second word.
Did Grimm establish a root meaning foam or fury?
No. DWB speculates about foam and rage but immediately says the matter should remain undecided and requires confirmation. It is evidence of scholarly history, not a secure ancestry node.
Was German Hass borrowed from English hate?
No borrowing is established. German Hass continues Old High German haʒ; English hate continues an Old English noun-and-verb history. The branches meet at reconstructed Germanic material.
Are *daigjōn-, *daiga-, and dough *daigaz one interchangeable reconstructed word?
No. They are related formation, stem, and noun shapes with different grammatical and lexical roles.
Did every English function arrive through one identical medieval route?
No. Merriam-Webster routes the verb and adverb through Anglo-French directer while giving the adjective from Latin directus.
Is emoji formed from emotion plus icon?
No. Unicode and Merriam-Webster identify Japanese 絵 e “picture” plus 文字 moji “written character.” Emotion plus icon is the distinct English formation emoticon.
Was Swedish fiende borrowed from Danish, German, Dutch, or English?
No borrowing is established. Old Swedish fiande or fiände belongs to the inherited Germanic set alongside Danish fjende, German Feind, Dutch vijand, and English fiend.
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Anonymous Leiðarvísan 31
fjándi / fjándi / poetic composition dated 1190 by source; dating requires checking
Lexicon Poeticum — fjándi, noun masculine, enemy or devilwitness-title prefix / OPEN RECORD ↗Anonymous, Fourth Grammatical Treatise verse 8
hata / hata / poem attributed 1335; concordance date unreviewed
Lexicon Poeticum — hata, verbwitness-title prefix / OPEN RECORD ↗SEARCH IS DISCOVERY, NOT PROOF
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