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Greek
- επαν- (epan-) (used before a vowel)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπανα- (epana-) from prepositions ἐπ(ί) (ep(í)) + ἀνά (aná). By surface analysis, επ- (ep-) + ανα- (ana-),[1] but the meaning is always used idiomatically.
Prefix
επανα- • (epana-)
- 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”)
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