ed-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"
English edit
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-
- (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.
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References edit
- “ed-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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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-
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Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *id-, from Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Related to idug-.
Prefix edit
ed-
- forming words with sense of "against", "backwards"
- edwindan "to hurl, precipitate"