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a-English (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English a- (“up, out, away”), from Old English ā-, originally *ar-, *or-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out-”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old Saxon a-, German er-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English a- (“on”), derived from unstressed Middle English an (“on”), from Old English an (“on”). See a (preposition, on, to, in, etc.)
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English a-, a variant form of y-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Anglo-Norman a-, from Old French e-, from Latin ex-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), preconsonantal form of ἀν- (an-). Distant doublet of un-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Assimilated form of ad- before b, sc, sp, st, and sometimes m. From Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 7Source text
From Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗a-English (en) · Etymology 8Source text
From Middle English a-, o- (“of”). See a (preposition, of).
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- A-Middle English · word_a_prefix_1
A-, prefix (1), adding intensity to the notion of the verb.—AS. á for ar-, OHG. ar-, Goth. us-. For the quantity of the á see Sievers, 121. Cf. Or. Source markup note (transcriber annotation; text “OHG.”): . missing
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A-, prefix (2), standing for A, prep., and for Icel. á; see On- (1).
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A-, prefix (3), standing for Of, prep.; see Of.
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A-, prefix (4), standing for AS. and-, against, in return, toward.—AS. and-, ond-, on- (proclitic). Cf. On- (2.) Source markup note (transcriber annotation; text “(2.)”): (2). for (2.)
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A-, prefix (5), standing for At, prep., and Icel. at, used with the infin. See At- (1).
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A-, prefix (6), standing for AS. ge-; see Ȝe-.
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A-, prefix (7), standing for OF. a- and Lat. ad-.
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A-, prefix (8), standing for OF. a- and Lat. ab-.
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A-, prefix (9), standing for AF. a, OF. e-, es- from Lat. ex-, e-.
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A-, prefix (10), standing for AF. an-, OF. en- from Lat. in-. See In-.
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A-, prefix (11), standing for Gr. α- privative. Source markup note (Greek transliteration; text “α-”): (alpha)
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