English

with-

Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".

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    Origin

    From Middle English with-, from Old English wiþ- (“against, away”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþi- (“counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”), related to Old English wiþ (“with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to”, preposition). Cognate with Old Frisian with-, Old Saxon with-, Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-. Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- (“back”), German wider- (“against”), German wieder- (“again”). More at with.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishwith-
      • inheritedOld Englishwiþ- “against, away”
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*wiþi-
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*wiþi- “counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”

    Related: Old Frisian with-, Old Saxon with-, Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-, Dutch weder-, German wider-, German wieder-

    Words built on it: without

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