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From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing(literally “any thing”), equivalent to any +‎ thing.

From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ǣniġe þinga, ǣnġi þinga(literally “by any of things”), from ǣniġe, instrumental form of ǣniġ(“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing(“thing”).


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anything (n.)

"a thing," indefinitely, late Old English aniþing, from any + thing. But Old English ænig þinga apparently also meant "somehow, anyhow" (glossing Latin quoquo modo).