Where does “an-” come from?

an- (English) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

an- (English): Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words...

Ancestry of “an-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “an-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én