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Where does “on-hande” come from?

on-hande (Middle English) comes from Old English ān-hende — one-handed.

Ancestry of “on-hande”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishān-hendeone-handed

Words derived from “on-hande”

  • one-handed
  • one-handedness
  • one-handedly
  • on-handed
Every word from Old English ān-hende →