bi-

Old Saxon

prefix
Definitions
  • A productive prefix usually used to form verbs and adjectives, especially verbs with the sense “around, throughout” or makes transitive verbs from intransitive verbs, adjectives and nouns.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bi- (be-, by, at, by-).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bi-

Gloss

be-, by, at, by-

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Other

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