wan-

See also: wan, WAN, wán, wàn, wān, wǎn, -wan, and Appendix:Variations of "wan"

English

Etymology

From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɒn/

Prefix

wan-

1. (no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with wan-

• wanhope
• wanrest
• wanton

 

Anagrams

• NWA, awn, naw

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wan-, from Old Dutch *wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wana-, a prefixing form of *wanaz.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʋɑn/

Prefix

wan-

1. Preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’.

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with wan-

• wanklank
• wantij

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿan- — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn/

Prefix

wan-

1. lacking, without; un-

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

Prefix

wan-

1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense privation or negation, ‘lacking, without; un-, wan-’.

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English wan-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɒn/

Prefix

wan-

1. Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’

   Examples: wanhope, wanrest