fem. proper name, from fem. of Late Latin Anastasius, from Greek Anastasios, from anastasis "resurrection, a raising up of the dead;" literally "a setting up, a standing or rising up," from ana "up; again" (see ana-) + histanai "to cause to stand, to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."
anarchistic
anarcho-syndicalist
anarchy
anasarca
Anasazi
Anastasia
anastomosis
anastrophe
anathema
anathematisation
anathematise