ed-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Etymology

From Middle English ed-, from Old English ed- (“again, re-”), from Proto-Germanic *idi-, *idi, *ida (“back, backwards, again”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognate with Dutch et-, German dialectal it- (“again, back”), Icelandic ið- (“again, back”), Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-, “again, back”), Welsh ad-, Welsh ed- (“again, back”), Latin et (“and”), Latin at (“but, moreover”).

Prefix

ed-

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.
    eddish, eddy, edgrow, edgrowth, ednew, edquicken

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ed-

References

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

  • æd-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Akin to Old Saxon idug-, Old High German id-, ida-, dialectal German it-, Old Norse ið-, Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ed/

Prefix

ed-

  1. again
  2. against, backwards
  3. turning

Derived terms

Old English terms prefixed with ed-

Descendants

  • Middle English: ed-

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Related to idug-.

Prefix

ed-

  1. forming words with sense of "against", "backwards"
    edwindan "to hurl, precipitate"
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