Above

Morpheme

Above

Type

free base

Denotation

over, higher

Etymology

Middle English above, aboven, aboun, abow; Old English abufan, earlier onbufan, contraction or compound of on + bufan, from be + ufan

Evidence

above, aboveboard, abovementioned, abovestated, thereabove, whereabove

See Also

a-, On, be-, By, Over