'anatolian' originates from 'Anatolia', which comes from the Greek word 'Anatolē', where 'anatolē' meant 'east' or 'sunrise'.

'Anatolē' transformed into the Latin 'Anatolia', and eventually became the modern English word 'Anatolia', from which 'Anatolian' is derived.

Initially, it referred to the direction 'east' or 'sunrise', but over time it evolved to refer to the region of Anatolia and its people or things related to it.