Where does “ան-” come from?

ան- (Old Armenian) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ան- (Old Armenian): a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...

Definitions

  1. a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...

Ancestry of “ան-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
2Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ան-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-