even-

English

prefix
Definitions
  • (rare) Prefix occurring mostly in older terms, bearing the meaning of equal-, co-, fellow-, joint-.
  • Prefix used chiefly in parasynthetic derivatives with the sense of even.
  • Prefix meaning equally, similarly, same.
  • Prefix meaning evenly, straight, direct, according to.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English even- inherited from Old English efen- (fellow-, co-, equal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ebna- (equal-, level, like-), *ebnaz (even, level, equal, flat, straight).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ebnaz

Gloss

even, level, equal, flat, straight

Concept
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