Etymology

ana-

Today it means: up, above, upward Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *aná ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
  5. English todayana-

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀνα- all →

anabolicanodeanaphaseAnacaprianabolisman-anabaptizeanasarca

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