prefix
Meaning 1
up, above, upward
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
ana-
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prefix
Meaning 2
again
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic
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prefix
Meaning 3
backward in direction, reversed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase
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prefix
Meaning 4
thoroughly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy
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prefix
Meaning 5
against
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin
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prefix
Meaning 6
distal, away from
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic
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prefix
Meaning 7
to grow or change in place; functionally similar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: ana- — up; upwards
- German: ana- — up; upwards
- Indonesian: ana- — up; upwards
- Irish: ana- — up; upwards
- Irish: anai- — up; upwards
- Polish: ana- — up; upwards
- Portuguese: ana- — up; upwards
- Spanish: ana- — up; upwards