wither-
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Etymology
From Middle English wither-, from Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with.
Prefix
wither-
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) Prefix meaning: "against", "in opposition to"; "in return"; "counter-"; "contrary (to)"; "in the opposite direction (of or to)"; "backwards".
Derived terms
- witherband
- witherblench
- withercraft
- witherlaw
- witherling
- withernam
- withersake
- withershins
- witherward
- witherweight
- witherwin
- witherwrung
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