ana-

Etymology

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

Prefix

ana-

1. up, above, upward

   e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph

2. again

   e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic

3. backward in direction, reversed

   e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase

4. thoroughly

   e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy

5. against

   e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin

6. distal, away from

   e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic

7. to grow or change in place; functionally similar

   e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch

Anagrams

• A.A.N., Aan, naa

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Romanization

ana-

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐌰-

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈana]
• Hyphenation: ana

Prefix

ana-

1. up

   e.g. anatomi

2. again

   e.g. analogi

Further reading

• “ana-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-).

Etymology 2

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ana-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (almost always words of Greek origin)
2. (chemistry) ana- (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Alternative form of a- before a vowel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ana- (“on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑ/

Prefix

ana-

1. Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.

   anawerpan "to throw upon"

2. in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation

   anagiboran "inborn"

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ana-). Doublet of na-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

   ‎ana- + ‎faza → ‎anafaza

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin -anus

Prefix

ana-

1. ana- (up; upwards)

Prefix

ana-

1. Alternative form of an-

Prefix

ana-

1. ana-

Further reading

• “ana-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10