ed-

See also Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Etymology

From Middle English ed-, from Old English ed- (“again, re-”), from Proto-Germanic *idi-, *idi, *ida (“back, backwards, again”), from Proto-Indo-European *et, *at (“and, but”). Cognate with German dialectal it- (“again, back”), Icelandic ið- (“again, back”), Gothic  (id-, “again, back”), Welsh ad-, ed- (“again, back”), Latin et (“and”), Latin at (“but, moreover”).

Prefix

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

References

• ed- in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Old English

Alternative forms

• æd-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Akin to Old Saxon idug-, Old High German id-, ida- (German dialect it-), Old Norse ið-, Gothic 𐌹𐌳-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ed/

Prefix

ed-

1. forming words with sense of "anew" or "again"; "against", "backwards"

   ednīwian "to renew, refresh, restore"

   edlǣċan "to repeat"

   edwīt "disgrace, reproach, shame"

   edwierpan "to recover, amend, improve"

2. turning

   edēa "whirlpool, eddy"

Descendants

• English eddy