English

at

/æt/
In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).

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    Origin

    From Middle English at, from Old English æt (“at, near, by, toward”), from Proto-West Germanic *at, from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, near, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognate with Scots at (“at”), North Frisian äät, äit, et, it (“at”), Danish at (“to”), Swedish åt (“for, toward”), Norwegian åt (“to”), Faroese at (“at, to, toward”), Icelandic að (“to, towards”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄 (at, “at”), Latin ad (“to, near”).

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishat “at”
      • inheritedOld Englishæt “food, eating”
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*at “at, near, to”
          • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂éd “near, at”

    Related: Scots at, North Frisian äät, Danish at, Swedish åt, Norwegian åt, Faroese at, Icelandic að, Gothic 𐌰𐍄, Latin ad

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