a-

Morpheme

a-

Type

prefix

Denotation

away, from, from off, down, off, away from (denotes disjunction, separation, departure)

Etymology

Old French a- and Latin a-, ab- (form of ab- before consonants)

Evidence

abridge, aperient, aversion, avert, avocation

See Also

ab-

Homographs

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

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