English

on-

on, at, toward, upon.

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    Origin

    From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-. Doublet of ana-.

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    • rootProto-Indo-European*h₂en- “on, onto”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishon-
      • inheritedOld Englishon-
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*ana-
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*an-
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*ano-
        • derivedOld Englishand- “against, in return, back, un-”

    Related: English ana- (doublet), Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-

    Words built on it: on hand

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