Etymology of the English word anadromous
the English word
anadromousderived from the Greek word
anadromos, ἀναδρόμος, ἀνάδρομος
derived from the Byzantine Greek word
dromos, δρόμος (a race; career)
using 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.))
using the Greek suffix
-dromos, -δρομος, -δρόμος
derived from the Greek word
dramein, δραμεῖν
Date
The earliest known usage of anadromous in English dates from the 18th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
