eldertongue

Old English · prefix

ed-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ed/
Syllables
ed (1 syllable)
Modern English
agained-backwards

Meaning

  1. again

  2. against, backwards

  3. turning

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *id-, from Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Akin to Old Saxon idug-, Old High German id-, ida-, dialectal German it-, Old Norse ið-, Gothic - (id-).

Descendants

ed-

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