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Old English · prefix

ge-

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

Meaning

  1. used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection

  2. forms nouns or adjectives of association or similarity; co-

  3. forms nouns and verbs with the sense of "result" or "process"

  4. forms past participles or participle adjectives from verbs

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ge- Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, prefixed form of Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Direct cognate of Latin con-, co-, from cum (“with”) via Proto-Italic *kom-.

Descendants

a-, i-, y-

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