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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

on- en · X

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-.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) on, at, toward, upon.
    • oncome, onset, onfall, onlay

Forms

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an- alternative lexicographic
a- alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

epi- (above) · super- (above) · en- (above) · hyper- (above) · supra- (above) · sur- (above)