and
Middle English
/and/, /an/
conjunction
Definitions
- and, and then connects two elements of a sentence
- however, yet, but, though. while
- if, supposing that, whether.
- (rare) As though, like, in a manner suggesting.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English and (against, back) inherited from Proto-Germanic *andi (and, furthermore) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (before, in front of, facing opposite, near, across, forth, opposite, front, forward, ahead).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂énti
Gloss
before, in front of, facing opposite, near, across, forth, opposite, front, forward, ahead
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- and English
- armed and dangerous English
- by and by English
- ante Latin
- ἀντί Ancient Greek
- *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂entí Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- *and- Proto-Germanic
- *andi Proto-Germanic
- *andi, *anda Proto-Germanic
- *andi, *undi, *anþi, *unþi Proto-Germanic
- アンド Japanese
- and Old English
- wide and side Old English
- enn Old Norse
- unti Old High German
- ընդ Old Armenian
- edhe Albanian
- ande Old Dutch
- *Hanti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- endi Old Saxon
- *antīkʷos Proto-Italic
- and Old Frisian
- na Tok Pisin
- en Kriol
- en Aukan