'Anatolic' originates from Late Latin, specifically the word 'anatolicus', where 'anatol-' meant 'east' or 'sunrise'.

'Anatolic' derives ultimately from Greek 'anatolikos' (ἀνατολικός), from 'anatolē' (ἀνατολή) meaning 'east' or 'the rising (of the sun)'; the term passed into Late Latin as 'anatolicus' and into English as 'Anatolic'.

Initially it meant 'eastern' or 'of the sunrise', and over time it came to be used more specifically for things or people associated with Anatolia (the region).