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Old English · prefix

sin-

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

Meaning

  1. ever-, continual, perpetual

  2. huge, immense; very

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sin-, from Proto-Germanic *sin-, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-. Cognate with Old Frisian sin-, Old Saxon sin-, Old High German sin-, Old Norse sí-.

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