Old English · prefix
an-
- Part of speech
- prefix
- IPA
- /ɑːn/
- Syllables
- ɑːn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- mono-uni-lone
Meaning
-
one; mono-, uni-
ān- + -hende (“handed”) → ānhende (“one-handed”)
-
lone, alone
ān- + *genġa (“walker”) → āngenġa (“loner”)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aina-, from Proto-Germanic *aina- (“one, uni-”), equivalent to Old English ān (“one”).
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