at-

English

Etymology

From Middle English at-, et-, æt-, from Old English æt- (“at, near, toward, beyond, away”). Doublet of ad-. More at at.

Prefix

at-

(obsolete, no longer productive) Prefix meaning at, close to, to, away, off.

Derived terms

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “at-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

T&A, T.A., T/A, TA, ta

Gothic

Romanization

at-

Romanization of 𐌰𐍄-

Latvian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian at- (“back, away”), Old Prussian at- (“back, away”), and Proto-Slavic *ot-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *at- (related to the preposition *ati), probably either from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óti (“beyond, further; also”), evidenced by the Old Prussian variant et- (< *h₁éti), or from a merger of this word with *h₂éti (“but”).

Prefix

at-

Usually found on verbs (and their derived nouns or adjectives) with the meaning 'away,' or also 'open' (like Russian от- (ot-)).

Antonyms

aiz-

Derived terms

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

ati- (before words that start with t or d)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *at- (“back, away, from”) (compare the preposition *at, *ati), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eti (“beyond, over”). Cognate with Latvian at- (“away, open”), Proto-Slavic *otъ (“from”), Sanskrit अति (ati, “beyond, over”), Latin et (“and”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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Prefix

at-

(in verbs) prefix indicating movement towards something (esp. speaker)
Antonym: nu-

atbėgti ― to run (to)

atmesti ― to throw (to)

atvažiuoti ― to drive (to)

‎at- + ‎vykti (“to go”) → ‎atvykti (“to arrive”)
(in verbs) indicates the result of an action
atbėgti ― to arrive on foot

atlaužti ― to break off

atidaryti ― to open, unlock

atvažiuoti ― to arrive by car
(in verbs) off, away
Antonym: pri-

atmesti ― to reject (lit. to throw away)

atidėti ― to put off; to delay

atitraukti ― to pull away
(in verbs) re-
atkurti ― to recreate; to restore

atstatyti ― to rebuild

atnaujinti ― to renew

Derived terms

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 65-6

Middle English

Alternative forms

et-, æt-

Etymology

From Old English æt-.

Prefix

at-

Prefix meaning away; toward; to
Prefix meaning at; against
Emphatic prefix meaning intensely or excessively

Derived terms

Middle English terms prefixed with at-

Descendants

English: at-

Mohawk

Prefix

at-

semi-reflexive prefix

References

Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 373

Ojibwe

Combining form

at-

stem of atoon

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

Alternative form of ant-.

Prefix

at-

Alternative form of ant-

Etymology 2

From at (“at”). More at at.

Prefix

at-

at, toward
atmorgan (“tomorrow”)
with
atsamna (“together”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

ad-

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /at/

Prefix

at-

again, back, re-
Synonym: ail-

‎at- + ‎hebu (“to speak, to say”) → ‎ateb (“to answer”)

‎at- + ‎tyfu (“to grow”) → ‎atyfu (“to germinate”)

‎at- + ‎ffurfio (“to form”) → ‎atffurfio (“to reform, to regenerate”)
affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word
‎at- + ‎cas (“hated, nasty”) → ‎atgas (“hateful, detestable”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with at-

Mutation

Mutated forms of *at-*
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
at-	unchanged	unchanged	hat-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV	at-
Brazilian standard	at-
New Tribes	at-

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [at-]

Prefix

at-

allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix)

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 65-6

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