myEtymology.com: English etymology of anabolite

Etymology of the English word anabolite

the English word anabolite

derived from the English word anabolism

using the English prefix ana-

derived from the Greek prefix ana-, ἀνα-

derived from the Greek word ana, ἀνά (according to; apart; properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.))

derived from the English word metabolism

derived from the Greek word metabole, μεταβολή (change)

derived from the Greek word metaballein, μεταβάλλω (to throw over; (middle voice figuratively) to turn about in opinion)

derived from the Greek word ballein, βάλλω (to throw)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelə-

using the English suffix -ite

Word found in Modern English