Morpheme
an(a)- [ana-, an-]
Type
prefix
Denotation
up, on, upon, up to, toward, throughout, back, backwards, again, anew
Etymology
Ancient Greek ana-, from aná
Evidence
Anabantiformes, Anabaptist, Anabas, anabasis, anabiosis, anabolic, anabolism, anabranch, anabrosis, anacampsis, anacampylotropous, anachronism, anacladogenesis, anacolpate, anadrome, anadromous, anafront, anafunctor, anagalactic, anagen, anagenesis, anaglyph, anagogy, anagram, analect, analept, analeptic, analog, analogous, analogue, analogy, analysis, analyte, anamnestic, anamodernism, anamorphism,, anaphoresis, anaplasia, anapophysis, anaporate, anaprotaspis, anascopic, anaseismic, anastate, anastatic, anataxis, anathema, anatomy, anatoxin, anatreme, anatropy, anepimeron, anion, anode, isoanabase
Notes
ana- usual form before consonants
an- usual form before vowels
Doublet
On
