prefix
Meaning 1
Alternative form of on-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Examples
- ancome, aneal, anent
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Standard Lemma guide
an-
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prefix
Meaning 2
not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Meaning 3
Without, lacking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- anoxia (without oxygen), anandrous (without male parts)
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prefix
Meaning 4
Alternative form of ana-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
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prefix
Meaning 5
Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
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History
Etymology
From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.
From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-). Doublet of un- and in-.
From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.
Assimilated form of ad- before n. From Latin ad-.