ana-

Etymology
From, from. .

Prefix

 * 1) up, above, upward
 * e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph
 * 1) again
 * e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic
 * 1) backward in direction, reversed
 * e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase
 * 1) thoroughly
 * e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy
 * 1) against
 * e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin
 * 1) distal, away from
 * e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic
 * 1) to grow or change in place; functionally similar
 * e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch

Antonyms

 * removal of prefix
 * removal of prefix

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Translations

 * Irish: ana-, anai-
 * Polish: ana-
 * Portuguese: ana-

Etymology
From, from , from.

Prefix

 * 1) up
 * e.g. anatomi
 * 1) again
 * e.g. analogi

Etymology 1
From.

Prefix

 * 1)  ana-

Usage notes
Triggers lenition of a following consonant. The variant is used before vowels instead.

Etymology
Feminine form of

Prefix

 * 1)  (almost always words of Greek origin)
 * 2)   (derived from naphthalene or quinoline)
 * 3)  before a vowel

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither.
 * anawerpan "to throw upon"
 * 1) in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation
 * anagiboran "inborn"

Etymology
..

Prefix

 * 1) ana-

Etymology
Feminine form of

Prefix

 * 1)  up; upwards