y-

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y-

/ɪ-/ Australia, Canada, US
/ə-/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English y-, from Old English ġe- (perfective and associative prefix); see those entries for more. Cognate with German ge-, Yiddish גע־ (ge-).

prefix i- · a-

idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete Used with past participle conjugations to form past participles. ybaptized, ybarred, yclad, yclept, yronne, yslain ― baptized, barred, clothed, cleped, run, slain

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

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

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

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@misc{y_2026,
  title = {y-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/y-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}