- a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.
prefix
- up; upwardsanadromous
- againanagram
- back; backwardsanatropous
before verbs an-, prefix meaning 1. “upward,” 2. “back, backward, against,” 3. “again, anew,” from Greek ana- “up to, toward, exceedingly, back, against,” from ana “up, on, upon, throughout, again,” cognate with Old English on, from PIE root *ano- “on, upon, above” (see on).
pref.
- Upward; up:anacrotic.
- Backward; back:anaplasia.
- Again; anew:anabiosis.