επανα-

See also: επαν- and ἐπανα-

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἐπανα- (epana-) from prepositions ἐπ(ί) (ep(í)) + ἀνά (aná). Synchronically analysable as επ- (ep-) +‎ ανα- (ana-)[1]

Prefix

επανα- • (epana-)

  1. re- (used before verbs and their derived nouns to indicate that their function starts again after a break)
    ‎επανα- (epana-) + ‎λαμβάνω (lamváno, “receive”) → ‎επαναλαμβάνω (epanalamváno, “repeat”)
    ‎επανα- (epana-) + ‎συνδέω (syndéo, “connect”) → ‎επανασυνδέω (epanasyndéo, “reconnect”)
    ‎επανα- (epana-) + ‎σύνδεση (sýndesi, “connection”) → ‎επανασύνδεση (epanasýndesi, “reconnection”)

Derived terms
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References
  1. επανα- in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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