Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ed-

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables
ed-
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English ed-, from Old English ed- (“again, re-”), from Proto-West Germanic *id-, from Proto-Germanic *idi-, *idi, *ida (“back, backwards, again”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognate with Dutch et-, German dialectal it- (“again, back”), Icelandic ið- (“again, back”), Gothic 𐌹𐌳- (id-, “again, back”), Welsh ad-, Welsh ed- (“again, back”), Latin et (“and”), Latin at (“but, moreover”).

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Questions

What does ed- mean?
A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.
Where does ed- come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce ed-

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