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a- en · X · etymology 6

Etymology

Assimilated form of ad- before b, sc, sp, st, and sometimes m. From Middle English a-, from Middle French a-, from Latin ad (“towards”).

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion.
    • ascend, aspire, amass, abandon, avenue
Source: en.wiktionary, “a-” (prefix), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
LemmaLanguagePart of speech
^enADP
~enSYM
==enCCONJ
enPUNCT
-'enPART
!enSYM
?enNOUN
?enADJ
·enSYM
'enPART
'enSYM
‘enSYM
‘ ’enPUNCT
’enPUNCT
“ ”enPUNCT
@ 3enCCONJ
@ 1enVERB
@ 1enNOUN
@ 1enADP
@ 2enSYM
@ 3enSYM
@$$enNOUN
$$$enNOUN
*enSYM
&enCCONJ
%enX
+enCCONJ
++enX
ɢenSYM
ɤenSYM
ɴenSYM
ɶenSYM
ʀenSYM
ʉenSYM
ʏenSYM
ʜenSYM
ʹenSYM
ᴀenSYM
ᴄenSYM
ᴋenSYM
ᴛenSYM
ᴢenSYM
ᵫenSYM
ᵺenSYM
‐enPUNCT
–enSYM
′enSYM
℞enSYM
∆enNOUN
◌̆enSYM

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