on
Middle English
preposition
Definitions
- on, in
Etymology
Inherited from Old English on (on, a, in, or toward, at) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ana (on, at, onto, ana).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ana
Gloss
on, at, onto, ana
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- anent English
- anon English
- asunder English
- everyone English
- hereon English
- on English
- on high English
- on-site English
- onballer English
- oneness English
- onfield English
- onglaze English
- ongoer English
- ongoing English
- onlap English
- online English
- onlooker English
- onpass English
- onscreen English
- onsell English
- onsetter English
- onshore English
- onside English
- onsides English
- onsight English
- onstage English
- onto English
- onward English
- onwards English
- pull up on English
- push up on English
- run up on English
- thereon English
- upon English
- whereon English
- an- German
- *h₂en- Proto-Indo-European
- *ailijaną Proto-Germanic
- *ana Proto-Germanic
- *sunder Proto-Germanic
- anǣlan Old English
- on Old English
- on ecnesse Old English
- on- Old English
- ongemang Old English
- onmiddan Old English
- onweg Old English
- ānnes Old English
- abak Middle English
- everich Middle English
- everichon Middle English
- onnesse Middle English
- an Danish
- ana Old High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- ana Old Dutch
- ana- Old Saxon
- ᚨᚾ Proto-Norse