The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνα-“up”
- English todayanabolic
From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀνα- all →
anodeanaphaseAnacaprianabolisman-ana-anabaptizeanasarca
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.