a-
French
prefix
Etymology
Inherited from Old French a- (to, towards, at) inherited from Latin ad- (to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against).
Origin
Latin
ad-
Gloss
to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
向
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ad- English
- *accolligere Latin
- *adastō Latin
- *adgasaliare Latin
- *admonestāre Latin
- *admortire Latin
- *admortīre Latin
- *adpācāre Latin
- *affumāre Latin
- *appācāre Latin
- *arrestare Latin
- *arrestāre Latin
- *arrestāre, *arresto Latin
- *arrestō Latin
- *assecūrō, *assecuro, *assecūrāre Latin
- *assuaviō Latin
- *assēcūrō, *assēcūrāre, *assecuro Latin
- *invaginare Latin
- accolāre, accolare Latin
- ad- Latin
- advertō Latin
- faciō Latin
- meliōrō Latin
- vannus Latin
- -age French
- -isse French
- adsorber French
- affaire French
- aglacissage French
- aneigissage French
- faire French
- glace French
- neige French
- a- Spanish, Castilian
- acaecer Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- adrenalina Polish
- a- Old French
- abaubir Old French
- acouchier Old French
- afaire Old French
- araisnier Old French
- asseurer Old French
- esmer Old French
- abanar Galician
- afuar Galician
- afungar Galician
- amorți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- abastardir Middle French
- amoliss- Middle French
- *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *ad Proto-Italic
- amillorar Aragonese
- acolada Franco-Provençal