Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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prefix
Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
in, into
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
on, onto
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
covered by
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
to become
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
provide with
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
an intensifier
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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History
From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”) and Frankish *in-, *int-, *anda-; but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”). Both the Latin and the Germanic forms are from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in, into”). Intensive use of Old French en-, an- is due to confluence with Frankish *an- and *in- (intensive prefixes), related to Old English on- and in- (intensive prefixes). More at in-, on-.
