English
ana
Ana comes from Latin; the Latin form is not named.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1803ana
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 1803ana
Earliest quotation: 1803, publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of : “The FRENCH ANAS, or Selections from the best of…”
The story
Formed from the Latin suffix -ana; compare ism (from -ism), itis (from -itis), phobia (from -phobia).
Another origin of ana
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂en-‘on, onto’uncertain
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*aná‘up, upon’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάaná‘of each’
- Englishtodayana
Another origin of ana
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃reǵ-‘to straighten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃réǵeti‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὀρέγωorégō‘to reach, stretch, stretch out’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὄρεξῐςórexĭs‘yearning, longing, desire, appetite’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνορεξίαanorexía‘lack of appetite’
- English1500–presentanorexia
- Englishtodayana
Another origin of ana
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-‘to eat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ₔd-nó-s‘eaten’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEअन्नanna‘food, victuals’
- Hindic. 1500–presentअन्नann‘food, grain’
- Englishtodayana
Today it means
noun A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ana