Morpheme
a-
Type
prefix
Denotation
to, toward, with regard to, in relation to; sometimes merely emphatic
Etymology
Old French a- and Latin ad- (reduced form of ad- before <b, sc, sp, st> and sometimes <m>)
Evidence
abate, abattoir, abet, achieve, align, amass, amerce, apart, ascribe, aspect, aspersion, astriction, astringent, ramollescence
