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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word ANAGRAM.
Etymology of the word
ANAGRAM.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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ANAGRAM,
a change in a word due to transposition of letters. (F.,—Gk.)
Ben Jonson, in his Masque of Hymen, speaks of ‘IUNO, whose great name Is UNIO in
the anagram.'—F. anagramme
(Cotgrave).—Lat. anagramma,
borrowed from Gk.—Gk.
ἀνάγραμμα,
an anagram.—Gk.
ἀνά, up,
which is also used in a distributive sense; and γράμμα, a written character,
letter.—Gk.
γράμειν, to
write, originally to cut, scratch marks; allied to E. grave. See
Grave. Der.
anagramm-at-ic-al, anagramm-at-ic-al-ly, anagramm-at-ist. ¶
Examples of anagrams. Gk.
Ἀρσινόν, Arsinoe, transposed to
ἴον Ἥρας,
Hera's violet. Lat. Galenus, Galen, transposed to angelus, an
angel. E. John Bunyan, who transposed his name to Nu hony in a B! [†]
ADDENDA Not
(F.,—Gk.),
but (F.,—L.—Gk.).
The context so explains it.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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