Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBack in its adverbial senses. · Situated, located, or toward the rear; backward or in reverse; in return; again. · False; pseudo-.
From Middle English bak-, bac-, apheretic form of abak, aback (“aback”, adverb). See also aback.
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- Inherited-form mentionbak-enm
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