at-
English
Etymology
From Middle English at-, et-, æt-, from Old English æt- (“at, near, toward, beyond, away”). Doublet of ad-. More at at.
Prefix
at-
Derived terms
- at-after
- atone
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “at-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
at-
- romanization of 𐌰𐍄-
Latvian
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian at- (“back, away”), Old Prussian at- (“back, away”), and Proto-Slavic *ot-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *at- (related to the preposition *ati), probably either from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óti (“beyond, further; also”), evidenced by the Old Prussian variant et- (< *h₁éti), or from a merger of this word with *h₂éti (“but”).
Prefix
at-
- Usually found on verbs (and their derived nouns or adjectives) with the meaning 'away,' or also 'open' (like Russian от- (ot-)).
Antonyms
Derived terms
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- ati- (before words that start with t or d)
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *at- (“back, away, from”) (compare the preposition *at, *ati), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eti (“beyond, over”). Cognate with Latvian at- (“away, open”), Proto-Slavic *otъ (“from”), Sanskrit अति (ati, “beyond, over”), Latin et (“and”).[1]
Pronunciation
Prefix
at-
- (in verbs) prefix indicating movement towards something (esp. speaker)
- (in verbs) indicates the result of an action
- atbėgti ― to arrive on foot
- atlaužti ― to break off
- atidaryti ― to open, unlock
- atvažiuoti ― to arrive by car
- (in verbs) off, away
- Antonym: pri-
- atmesti ― to reject (lit. to throw away)
- atidėti ― to put off; to delay
- atitraukti ― to pull away
- (in verbs) re-
- atkurti ― to recreate; to restore
- atstatyti ― to rebuild
- atnaujinti ― to renew
Derived terms
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 65-6
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English æt-.
Prefix
at-
- Prefix meaning away; toward; to
- Prefix meaning at; against
- Emphatic prefix meaning intensely or excessively
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: at-
Mohawk
Prefix
at-
- semi-reflexive prefix
References
- Nora Deering, Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, page 373
Ojibwe
Combining form
at-
- stem of atoon
Old Saxon
Etymology 1
Alternative form of ant-.
Prefix
at-
- alternative form of ant-
Etymology 2
Prefix
at-
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at/
Prefix
at-
Derived terms
Mutation
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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at- | unchanged | unchanged | hat- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Ye'kwana
ALIV | at- |
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Brazilian standard | at- |
New Tribes | at- |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [at-]
Prefix
at-
- allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix)