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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Prefix[edit]
of-
- too much, excessively, hyper-
Derived terms[edit]
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *aba- (“away, away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“off, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon af-, Old Norse af-, Gothic 𐌰𐍆- (af-), English off-; and with Latin ab-, Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
of-
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English of-, af-, and Old Norse af-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
of-
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “of-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *aba- (“away, away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“off, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon af-, Old Norse af-, Gothic 𐌰𐍆- (af-), Old High German ab; and with Latin ab-, Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
of-
- off, away, from, out of, away from
- down
- ofdæle ― a descent, decline
- excessively, negatively
- for, for the purpose of
- ofclipian ― to call for, request
Usage notes[edit]
- of- is the unstressed form of the stressed prefix æf-.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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