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Old English · prefix

and-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ˈɑnd/
Syllables
ˈɑnd (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. against, opposing

    andsaca

    opponent, adversary

  2. in return, back

    andswaru

    answer, reply

  3. facing, toward

    andweard

    present time

  4. completely, fully

    andlang

    entire, continuous

  5. without

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anda-, from Proto-Germanic *anda-, representative of a combining form of and (“and”). Cognate with Middle Dutch ont- (Dutch ont-), Old High German ant- (German ant-, ent-), Old Norse and- (Icelandic and- (“against, anti-, opposed to, in the face of”), Swedish an-), Gothic - (and-).

Descendants

un-

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