Etymology of the English word anatropous
the English word
anatropoususing 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.))
Date
The earliest known usage of anatropous in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
