te-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Classical Nahuatl

Prefix

tē-

1. Indefinite animate object: someone; somebody; everyone; people.
2. Indefinite animate possessor: someone's; somebody's.

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms prefixed with te-

See also

• tla-

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch te-, from Old Dutch *ti-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-.

Prefix

te-

1. (obsolete, no longer productive) Created verbs with a sense of ‘in pieces, apart, asunder’, or with intensive force.

   tekappen (“to hew into pieces”)

   terijten (“to rip apart”)

   tesplitsen (“to split into pieces”)

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ti-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-.

Prefix

te-

1. Creates verbs with a sense of ‘in pieces, apart, asunder’, or with intensive force.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch terms prefixed with te-

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From to (“in the direction of”), from Old English tō.

Prefix

te-

1. Alternative form of to-

References

• “tọ̄̆- pref. (1.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old English tō-, te- (“apart, asunder”).

Prefix

te-

1. Alternative form of to-

References

• “tọ̄̆- pref. (2.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te/

Prefix

te-

1. Alternative form of tō-

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwis-.

Prefix

te-

1. Creates verbs with a sense of ‘apart, in piece, asunder’, or with intensive force.

   tebrekan (“to break apart”)

   tebrestan (“to tear up”)

   tedēlian (“to separate”)

   tefallan (“to decay”)

   tefaran (“to decay, to consume”)

   tegangan (“to dissolve”)

   teglīdan (“to glide away”)

   tekīnan (“to dissolve”)

   tekliovan (“to tear apart”)

   telātan (“to disperse”)

   telōsian (“to resolve”)

   teskrīdan (“to dissolve”)

   teslahan (“to destroy”)

   tesprengian (“to smash”)

   testōrian (“to destroy”)

   testōtan (“to pound”)

   teswingan (“to disperse”)

   tewerpan (“to disperse, to destroy”)

Derived terms

Old Saxon terms prefixed with te-