"on-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-. Doublet of ana-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{inh|en|enm|on-}} Middle English on-, {{inh|en|ang|on-}} Old English on-, {{m|ang|an-}} an-, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ana-}} Proto-West Germanic *ana-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*an-}} Proto-Germanic *an-, {{m|gem-pro|*ana-||on-}} *ana- (“on-”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ano-}} Proto-Indo-European *ano-, {{m|ine-pro|*nō-||on}} *nō- (“on”), {{cog|nl|aan-}} Dutch aan-, {{cog|de|an-}} German an-, {{cog|sv|an-}} Swedish an-, {{doublet|en|ana-}} Doublet of ana- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} on-, {{en-prefix}} on-
  1. on, at, toward, upon. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: a-, an- Synonyms (above): en-, epi-, super-, supra-, sur-, hyper-
    Sense id: en-on--en-prefix-OYMB31dB Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for on- meaning in English (2.3kB)

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