af-

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Contents 1 Dutch 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 Derived terms 2 Icelandic 2.1 Prefix 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Old English 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Suffix

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Prefix

af-

1. de-, down, off

[edit] Derived terms

• afbieden
• afdingen
• aflopen
• aframmelen
• afranselen
• afrossen
• afstoffen
• afstraffen
• aftuigen

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Prefix

af-

1. de-

[edit] Derived terms

• afmeyja
• affosfórun
• afmá

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• of-

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *af- (“‘from’”). Akin to Old English af, of "from, of, off".

[edit] Suffix

af-

1. (verbal prefix; the noun counterpart of this prefix is æf-) suffix added to verbs meaning away, off, from, away from

   ofcuman, afcuman (“‘to come from, originate from’”)