Old English · prefix
a-
- Part of speech
- prefix
- IPA
- /ɑː/
- Syllables
- ɑː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- a-
Meaning
-
from, away, off, out
āniman
to take away, to remove
Etymology
From an earlier form ar-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-. Cognate with Old High German ar-, ir- (German er-).
Descendants
a-
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