ana

ana · noun¹

Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).

ana · adverb²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνά“of each”
2. English todayana

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each”).

ana · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European*né
2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
4. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
7. Ancient Greekὀρέγω (orégō)
8. Ancient Greekὄρεξῐς (órexĭs)
9. Ancient Greekἀνορεξία (anorexía)
10. Englishanorexiaclip.
11. English todayana

Clipping of anorexia; intentionally formed to resemble the given name Ana as form of personification and coded language. Compare mia.

ana · adverb⁴

From Ancient Greek; see ana-.

ana · noun⁵

1. Sanskrit · derived fromअन्न
2. Hindi · borrowed fromअन्न“food, grain”
3. English todayana

From Hindi अन्न (ann, “food, grain”), आना (ānā), from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Ana · proper noun⁶

1. Hebrew · derived fromחַנָּה“Hannah”
2. Koine Greek · derived fromἌννα“Anna”
3. Late Latin · derived fromAnna
4. English todayAna

From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W. H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.

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