English Explanatory Dictionary

y-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles.

Pronunciation

ĭ- /ɪ-/ /ə-/

Word forms

y- i- a-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Middle English y- English y- Inherited from Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).

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