"wan-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /wɒn/
Etymology: From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan-, from Proto-West Germanic *wana-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wan-}} Middle English wan-, {{inh|en|ang|wan-}} Old English wan-, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wana-}} Proto-West Germanic *wana-, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wanaz|t=lacking, missing, deficient}} Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-|t=to be lacking, be empty}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} wan-, {{en-prefix}} wan-
  1. (no longer productive) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-wan--en-prefix-dAduZJMS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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