and-

English

prefix
Definitions
  • (no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "against", "back", "in return", "away", represented in Modern English by a-, an-, on-, and in altered form by the reverse-action prefix un-#Etymology_2 (un-#Etymology_2) (e.g. unbuckle (unbuckle)). Also as the initial letter d in dread (dread) (< Old English ondrǣdan (ondrǣdan)).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English and- inherited from Old English and- (against, back) derived from Proto-Germanic *and- derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (before, in front of, facing opposite, near, across, forth, opposite, front, forward, ahead).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂énti

Gloss

before, in front of, facing opposite, near, across, forth, opposite, front, forward, ahead

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Kanji

前

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