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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.91 in modern English

Syllables
on-
IPA
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

on, at, toward, upon.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-. Doublet of ana-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

a- (alternative) an- (alternative)

Synonyms

en- epi- super- supra- sur- hyper-

Questions

What does on- mean?
on, at, toward, upon.
Where does on- come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce on-

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