at-

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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-

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) Prefix meaning at, close to, to, away, off.

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

at-

  1. 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-

  1. 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).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

at-

  1. (in verbs) prefix indicating movement towards something (esp. speaker)
    Antonym: nu-
    atbėgtito run (to)
    atmestito throw (to)
    atvažiuotito drive (to)
    at- + ‎vykti (to go) → ‎atvykti (to arrive)
  2. (in verbs) indicates the result of an action
    atbėgtito arrive on foot
    atlaužtito break off
    atidarytito open, unlock
    atvažiuotito arrive by car
  3. (in verbs) off, away
    Antonym: pri-
    atmestito reject (lit. to throw away)
    atidėtito put off; to delay
    atitrauktito pull away
  4. (in verbs) re-
    atkurtito recreate; to restore
    atstatytito rebuild
    atnaujintito renew

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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-

  1. Prefix meaning away; toward; to
  2. Prefix meaning at; against
  3. Emphatic prefix meaning intensely or excessively

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: at-

Mohawk

Prefix

at-

  1. 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-

  1. stem of atoon

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

Alternative form of ant-.

Prefix

at-

  1. alternative form of ant-

Etymology 2

From at (at). More at at.

Prefix

at-

  1. at, toward
    atmorgan (tomorrow)
  2. with
    atsamna (together)

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Prefix

at-

  1. again, back, re-
    Synonym: ail-
    at- + ‎hebu (to speak, to say) → ‎ateb (to answer)
    at- + ‎tyfu (to grow) → ‎atyfu (to germinate)
    at- + ‎ffurfio (to form) → ‎atffurfio (to reform, to regenerate)
  2. affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word
    at- + ‎cas (hated, nasty) → ‎atgas (hateful, detestable)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of at-
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
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

Variant orthographies
ALIV at-
Brazilian standard at-
New Tribes at-

Pronunciation

Prefix

at-

  1. allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix)