at-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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-

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

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with at-

• at-after
• atone

References

• “at-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• T&A, T.A., T/A, TA, ta

Gothic

Romanization

at-

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍄-

Latvian

Prefix

at-

1. 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

Latvian terms prefixed with at-

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ot (“back, away, from”), 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”).

Prefix

at-

1. (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”)

2. (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

3. (in verbs) off, away

   Antonym: pri-

   atmesti ― to reject (lit. to throw away)

   atidėti ― to put off; to delay

   atitraukti ― to pull away

4. (in verbs) re-

   atkurti ― to recreate; to restore

   atstatyti ― to rebuild

   atnaujinti ― to renew

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms prefixed with at-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• et-, æt-

Etymology

From Old English æt-.

Prefix

at-

1. Prefix meaning away; toward; to
2. Prefix meaning at; against
3. Emphatic prefix meaning intensely or excessively

Derived terms

Middle English terms prefixed with at-

Descendants

• English: at-

Mohawk

Prefix

at-

1. 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-

1. stem of atoon

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

Alternative form of ant-.

Prefix

at-

1. Alternative form of ant-

Etymology 2

From at (“at”). More at at.

Prefix

at-

1. at, toward

   atmorgan (“tomorrow”)

2. with

   atsamna (“together”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ad-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at/

Prefix

at-

1. 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”)

2. affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word

   ‎at- + ‎cas (“hated, nasty”) → ‎atgas (“hateful, detestable”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with at-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
at-	unchanged	unchanged	hat-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	at-
Brazilian standard	at-
New Tribes	at-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [at-]

Prefix

at-

1. allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix)