on-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-.
Prefix
on-
Derived terms
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch on-, from Old Dutch un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
Prefix
on-
Derived terms
Derived terms
- onaanvaardbaar
- onafhankelijk
- onbedoeld
- onbegeleid
- onbegrip
- onbeheerst
- onbekend
- onbepaald
- onbeweeglijkheid
- onbezonnenheid
- ondiep
- ondode
- onduidelijk
- ongedierte
- ongehoorzaamheid
- ongeletterd
- ongelijkmatig
- ongeluk
- ongeschikt
- ongeschreven
- ongetwijfeld
- ongevaarlijk
- ongewenst
- ongewerveld
- ongewijzigd
- ongunstig
- onlangs
Descendants
- Afrikaans: on-
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch on, from Old Dutch *āna, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *anew, *enew (“without”).
Prefix
on-
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Prefix
on-
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
Prefix
on-
Derived terms
Descendants
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”)
Alternative forms
Prefix
on-
- forming verbs and adjectives from participles and nouns, with various senses of on, upon, to, there, thither
- (inchoactive) in, into; prefix used to intensify an action or to denote origin or initiation
- onlīehtan ― to enlighten
- onstellan, onstiellan ― to establish, institute, install, originate
Usage notes
- This is a verbal prefix, and is always unstressed.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From unstressed form of and- (“and-”)
Prefix
on-
Usage notes
- This is a verbal prefix, and is always unstressed.
Derived terms
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