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Etymology edit

From Middle English ed-, from Old English ed- (again, re-), from Proto-West Germanic *id-, 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 edit

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

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Old English edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *id-, 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 edit

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ed-

  1. again
  2. against, backwards
  3. turning

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  • Middle English: ed-

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *id-, from Proto-Germanic *idi- (back, backwards, again). Related to idug-.

Prefix edit

ed-

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