English Explanatory Dictionary

wither-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Against, in opposition to; in return; counter-; contrary (to); in the opposite direction (of or to); backwards.

Word forms

wither- weather- wother- widder-

Etymology

From Middle English wither-, from Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþra-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with.

Derived words

witherband witherblench withercraft witherlaw witherling withernam withersake withershins witherward witherweight witherwin witherwrung
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