"ed-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English ed-, from Old English ed- (“again, re-”), from Proto-West Germanic *id-, from Proto-Germanic *idi-, *idi, *ida (“back, backwards, again”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognate with Dutch et-, German dialectal it- (“again, back”), Icelandic ið- (“again, back”), Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-, “again, back”), Welsh ad-, Welsh ed- (“again, back”), Latin et (“and”), Latin at (“but, moreover”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ed-}} Middle English ed-, {{inh|en|ang|ed-||again, re-}} Old English ed- (“again, re-”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*id-}} Proto-West Germanic *id-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*idi-}} Proto-Germanic *idi-, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*éti}} Proto-Indo-European *éti, {{cog|nl|et-}} Dutch et-, {{cog|de|-}} German, {{cog|is|ið-||again, back}} Icelandic ið- (“again, back”), {{cog|got|𐌹𐌳-||again, back}} Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-, “again, back”), {{cog|cy|ad-}} Welsh ad-, {{cog|cy|ed-||again, back}} Welsh ed- (“again, back”), {{cog|la|et||and}} Latin et (“and”), {{cog|la|at||but, moreover}} Latin at (“but, moreover”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} ed-, {{en-prefix}} ed-
  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete
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