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Old English · prefix

eft-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ˈeft/
/ˌeft/
Syllables
ˈeft (1 syllable)
Modern English
eft-afterwardsagain

Meaning

  1. again; afterwards; back

    eftcyme

    coming again, return

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *afti- (“after, again”), from Proto-Germanic *afti.

Descendants

eft-

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