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i-¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English i-, y-, ȝe-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, je-, e-, German ge-.

prefix

  1. morpheme, obsolete Used to form past participles of verbs. Alternative spelling of y-.

i-²

Where it comes from

From Latin i-, assimilated form of in- used before gn-.

prefix

  1. morpheme A form of the prefix in-, used before gn, as in ignoble, ignominy, and ignore.

    Similar: a-, an-, dys-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, mal-, non-, un-

i-³

prefix

  1. Jamaica, morpheme Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning.

i-⁴

Where it comes from

From Internet. Popularized in the name of the iMac line of computers (1998).

prefix

  1. morpheme Pertaining to the Internet.
  2. morpheme Pertaining to digital devices and computer programs, especially those that are cutting-edge or fashionable, and those from Apple. i- + pod → iPod

i-⁵

Where it comes from

From intelligent

prefix

  1. morpheme Pertaining to computerized, electronic, digital, intelligent controls in products

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MLA

"i-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/i-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

i-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/i-

Chicago

"i-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/i-.

BibTeX
@misc{i_2026,
  title = {i-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/i-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}