English Explanatory Dictionary

by-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Town or city.
prefix
  1. Near or roundabout.
  2. Secondary, incidental, or parallel to.

Word forms

by- bye-

Etymology

From Middle English by (“town”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse býr (“dwelling, town”), from Proto-Germanic *būwiz (“dwelling”). Cognate with Danish by (“town”). More at bower.

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