an-

Prefix

Meaning

an-

Alternative form of on-
ancome, aneal, anent

not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".

Without, lacking.
anoxia (without oxygen), anandrous (without male parts)

one; mono-, uni-
ān- + -hende (“handed”) → ānhende (“one-handed”)
ān- + horn (“horn”) → ānhorn (“unicorn”)
ān- + -īeġe (“-eyed”) → ānīeġe (“one-eyed”)
ān- + -mōd (“-minded”) → ānmōd (“unanimous”)
ān- + -nes (“-ness”) → ānnes (“unity”)
ān- + wīġ (“battle”) → ānwīġ (“duel”)
ān- + -wille (“-willed”) → ānwille (“stubborn”)
ān- + -wintre (“years old”) → ānwintre (“one year old”)

lone, alone
ān- + *genġa (“walker”) → āngenġa (“loner”)
ān- + *setla (“settler”) → ānsetla (“hermit”)

an-

Alternative form of on-
ancome, aneal, anent

Synonyms

Examples

An- other 1ielba orchestra plays in the Café Pierre. Source: Internet

With Brian Mitchell and An- gela Teek as the romantic leads, and with fleet-footed Gregg Burge, Kevin Ramsey, and Stanley Wayne Mathis as the principal danc- ers. Source: Internet

For this reason, the sign AN can on the one hand be a logogram for the word ilum ('god') and on the other signify the god Anu or even the syllable -an-. Source: Internet

The word analgesic derives from Greek "αν-" (an-, "without") and "άλγος" (álgos, "pain"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms