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English

i-

Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English i-, y-, ȝe-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, je-, e-, German ge-.

    Etymology 2

    From Latin i-, assimilated form of in- used before gn-.

    Etymology 4

    From Internet. Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998).

    Etymology 5

    From intelligent

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • derivedEnglishInternet “The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Interne…”
      • derivedEnglishinternetwork “A network of networks.”
        • partEnglishinter- “A position which is in between two (or more) of the kind indicated by the root.”
        • partEnglishnetwork “Any interconnected group or system.”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishi-
      • inheritedOld Englishġe-
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*ga-
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*ga- “with, together”
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*ḱó-
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*ḱóm “with”
          • derivedProto-Germanic*ga- “with, together”
    • borrowedLatini-
    • derivedEnglishintelligent “Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.”
      • derivedMiddle Frenchintelligent
        • derivedLatinintelligēns
      • borrowedRussianинтеллиге́нт
        • derivedRussianинтеллиге́нция

    Related: Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, German ge-

    Meanings

    prefix
    1. Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.

    Sources

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