English Explanatory Dictionary

an-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Alternative form of on-.
prefix
  1. not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".
  2. Without, lacking.
prefix
  1. Alternative form of ana-.
prefix
  1. Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”).

Word forms

an- on- a-

Etymology

From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.

Synonyms

a- dys- i- il- im- in- ir- mal- non- un- ex- -less -free

Related words

a- anti- in- non- un-

Derived words

anepimeron anion anode annessiectomy annex annihilate annotate announce
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