myEtymology.com: English etymology of anastrophe

Etymology of the English word anastrophe

the English word anastrophe

derived from the Late Latin word anastrophe

derived from the Greek word anastrophe, ἀναστροφή (behavior)

derived from the Greek word anastrephein, ἀναστρέφω

derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω

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.))

The earliest known usage of anastrophe in English dates from the 16th century.

Word found in Modern English