a- meaning

• ¹ /ə-/
    prefix
    A reduced form of the OE preposition an or on, on, in or at, as in abroad, afire, afloat, asleep, a-begging, a-hunting, and occasionally used separately as a preposition, as in once a year
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  a-² /ə- or a-/ or an- /ən- or an-/
    prefix
    Without, not, opposite to, as in amoral, anaemia or anodyne
    ORIGIN: Gr privative a- without or not

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