a-

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, achieve, align, amass, amerce, apart, ascribe, aspect, aspersion, astriction, astringent

See Also

ad-

Homographs

A, A, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a