on-

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on-

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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-.

prefix a- · an-

morpheme on, at, toward, upon. oncome, onset, onfall, onlay
Similar: en-, epi-, super-, supra-, sur-, hyper-

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

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

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

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@misc{on_2026,
  title = {on-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}