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English

a-building

Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.

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    Origin

    From a- (“in, on”) + building (“the act or process of building”).

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    Lineage

    • prefixEnglisha- “Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.”
      • derivedAncient Greekἀ- “not”
        • inheritedProto-Hellenic*ə-
        • derivedAncient Greekβιωτικός “of life”
        • derivedAncient Greekκαρπός “fruit”
        • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂- “to speak”
      • inheritedMiddle Englisha- “of”
        • inheritedOld Englishā- “on, at”
        • derivedMiddle Englishan “and, if”
        • inheritedOld Englishġe-
        • derivedMiddle Frencha-
        • inheritedOld Englishon “in”
        • derivedOld Frencha-
        • inheritedOld Englishā “ever, always”
      • derivedAnglo-Normana-
        • derivedOld Frenche-
      • derivedLatinab “of, off, from, away”
        • inheritedProto-Italic*ap
        • derivedAncient Greekσκοπός “watcher”
    • partEnglishbuilding “The act or process by which something is built; construction.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbyldynge
      • suffixEnglish-ing “As true nouns.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ynge
        • inheritedMiddle English-yng

    Meanings

    adv
    1. Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: a-building