Which of the following is NOT a meaning of ana-?

• A. Up
• B. Back
• C. Again
• D. Below

Answer: (D)

Ana- is a Greek prefix that typically signals upward movement, repetition, or restoration toward a previous state. You can see it in words like anabolism (building up), anaphora (repetition of a word or phrase), and analepsis (a flashback, going back in time). Because of that, “below” isn’t a meaning carried by ana-; meanings for below come from prefixes like hypo- or infra-. So the option that denotes below is the one that does not fit with ana-.