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- analyst (n.)



[analyst 词源字典] - 1650s, "mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry," from French analyste "a person who analyzes," from analyser (see analysis). As a short form of psychoanalyst, attested from 1914. Greek analyter meant "a deliverer."[analyst etymology, analyst origin, 英语词源]
- analytic (adj.)




- c. 1600, from Medieval Latin analyticus, from Greek analytikos "analytical," from analytos "dissolved" (see analysis).
- analytical (adj.)




- 1520s, from Medieval Latin analyticus
(see analytic) + -al (1). Related: Analytically.
- analytics (n.)




- 1590s as a term in logic, from Latin analytica from Greek analytika (see analytic); also see -ics.
- analyze (v.)




- c. 1600, "to dissect," from French analyser, from analyse (see analysis). Literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. General sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. Related: Analyzed; analyzing.
- anamnesis (n.)




- "recollection, remembrance," 1650s, from Greek anamnesis "a calling to mind, remembrance," noun of action from stem of anamimneskein "to remember, to remind (someone) of (something), make mention of," from ana "back" (see ana-) + mimneskesthai "to recall, cause to remember" (see amnesia). Related: Anamnestic.
- anamorphic (adj.)




- 1904, in geology; see anamorphosis + -ic. Cinematographic use dates from 1954.
- anamorphism (n.)




- "distorted projection or perspective," 1836; see anamorphosis + -ism.
- anamorphosis (n.)




- "distorted projection or drawing that looks normal from a particular angle or with a certain mirror," 1727, from Greek anamorphosis "transformation," noun of action from anamorphoein "to transform," from ana "up" (see ana-) + morphosis, from morphe "form" (see Morpheus).
- ananda (n.)




- in Hindu theology, "bliss," from Sanskrit ananda- "joy, happiness, bliss," from stem of nandati "he rejoices," which is of unknown origin.
- Ananias




- "liar," a reference to Acts v:3-5.
- ananym (n.)




- real name written backwards, 1867, from Greek ana "back" (see ana-) + onyme "name" (see name (n.)).
- anapest (n.)




- also anapaest, "two short syllables followed by a long one," 1670s, from Latin anapestus, from Greek anapaistos "struck back, rebounding," verbal adjective from anapaiein "to strike back," from ana- "back" (see ana-) + paiein "to strike," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (see pave). So called because it reverses the dactyl.
- anapestic (adj.)




- 1690s, from Latin anapaesticus, from Greek anapaistikos, from anapaistos (see anapest).
- anaphase (n.)




- 1887, coined in German (1884), from Greek ana- (see ana-) + phase (n.).
- anaphora (n.)




- "repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses," 1580s, from Latin, from Greek anaphora "reference," literally "a carrying back," from anapherein "to carry back, to bring up," from ana "back" (see ana-) + pherein "to bear" (see infer).
- anaphoric (adj.)




- 1914, coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) in the grammatical sense; see anaphora + -ic. In the sentence, "Here are some apples; take one," the one is anaphoric.
- anaphylactic (adj.)




- 1905, with -ic + medical Latin noun anaphylaxis "exaggerated susceptibility," from French anaphylaxie (1902), from Greek ana- (see ana-) + phylaxis "watching, guarding" (compare prophylactic). Anaphylactic shock is attested by 1916.
- anaphylaxis (n.)




- see anaphylactic.
- anarch (n.)




- "leader of leaderlessness," 1660s, a deliciously paradoxical word used by Milton, Pope, Byron; see anarchy.