English Explanatory Dictionary

on-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. on, at, toward, upon.

Word forms

on- a- an-

Etymology

From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-. Doublet of ana-.

Synonyms

en- epi- super- supra- sur- hyper-
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