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 *éti. Cognate with Dutch et-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ed-

References

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

Anagrams

• DE, De, dE, de, de-

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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-, dialectal German it-, Old Norse ið-, Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈed/ (as a nominal prefix)
• IPA^(key): /ed/ (as a verbal prefix)

Prefix

ed-

1. anew, 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

• Middle English: ed-
  • English: ed-

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- (“back, backwards, again”). Related to idug-.

Prefix

ed-

1. forming words with sense of "against", "backwards"

   edwindan "to hurl, precipitate"