eldertongue

Old English · prefix

to-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ˈtoː/
/toː/
Syllables
ˈtoː (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. verbal prefix with a sense of "in pieces, apart, asunder", or with intensive force

    tefeallan, tōfeallan

    to fall apart

  2. used to form substantives from other nouns

    tōtalu

    reputation

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tō-, *twiʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Cognate with Old Frisian ti-, te-, Old Saxon te-, Old High German zi-, zir-, zar-, zur- (German zer-), Gothic - (dis-), and with Latin dis-.

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