'Anopheles-related' is formed in Modern English by compounding the genus name 'Anopheles' with the adjective-forming element '-related'. 'Anopheles' itself comes from Greek.

'Anopheles' originates from Greek 'anophēlēs' (ἀνόφηλος), formed from the negative prefix 'an-' + 'ophelos' meaning 'help' or 'benefit'; it passed into New Latin as the genus name 'Anopheles' for certain mosquitoes and later entered Modern English scientific usage; 'Anopheles-related' is a modern compound meaning 'related to that genus.'

Originally the Greek root 'anophēlēs' conveyed the sense 'not helpful' or 'useless'; in biological nomenclature it became the name of a mosquito genus, and in Modern English compounds like 'Anopheles-related' it now denotes relation to that genus.