'anaplasma' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'anaplasma,' where 'ana-' meant 'again' and 'plasma' meant 'something molded or formed.'

'anaplasma' was adopted directly from the Greek 'anaplasma' into modern scientific Latin and then into English as the name for this bacterial genus.

Initially, it referred to something that was formed again or remodeled, but in modern usage, it specifically refers to a genus of bacteria.