and-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "and"

English

Alternative forms

• an-, on-

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English and-, ond-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English and-, ond- (“against, back”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *and-, *anda-, *andi- (“across, opposite, against, away”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“across, forth”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead, foreside, end, limit”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch ont-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German ant-, ent-, emp-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic and-, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ante (“before”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek .

Prefix

and-

1. (deprecated template usage) (no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "against", "back", "in return", "away", represented in Modern English by a-, an-, on-, and in altered form by the reverse-action prefix (deprecated template usage) un- (i.e. unbuckle). Also as the initial letter d in (deprecated template usage) dread (< Old English (deprecated template usage) ondrǣdan).

   (deprecated template usage) along

   (deprecated template usage) answer

   (deprecated template usage) onfang

   (deprecated template usage) onset

References

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) and-.

Prefix

and-

1. anti-, against, opposing

Derived terms

Icelandic terms prefixed with and-

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ond-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *andi-, representive of a combining form of (deprecated template usage) and. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch ont- ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch ont-), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German ant- ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German ant-, (deprecated template usage) ent-), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse and- ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic and- (“against, anti-, opposed to, in the face of”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish an-), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnd/

Usage notes

This prefix was usually stressed; when unstressed, it weakened to (deprecated template usage) an-, (deprecated template usage) on-, also (deprecated template usage) a-.

Prefix

and-

1. forming compounds words with the sense "against, opposing"; opposition

   (deprecated template usage) andsaca

2. in return, back

   andswaru "answer, reply"

3. facing, toward; completely, fully

   andweard "present time"

   andlang "entire, continuous"

   (deprecated template usage) andweorc; (deprecated template usage) andleofen, (deprecated template usage) andleofa

4. without

Synonyms

• ⁊ (symbol)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *andi-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑnd/

Prefix

and-

1. forming compounds words with the sense "against, opposing"; opposition

   (deprecated template usage) andsako

2. in return, back

   andswor "answer"

3. facing, toward; completely, fully

   andward "present time"

4. without