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Where does “onbūtan” come from?

onbūtan (Old English) comes from Old English on-, from Proto-West Germanic ana-, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, at; on, onto; ana.

Ancestry of “onbūtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishon-forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
2Proto-West Germanicana-Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
3Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana

Words derived from “onbūtan”

  • ab
  • roundabout
  • thereabouts
  • hereabouts
  • thereabout
  • runabout
  • hereabout
  • turnabout
  • whereabout
  • abouts
  • aboutness
  • knockabout
  • stirabout
  • gadabout
  • layabout
  • roundaboutness
  • kickabout
  • nearabout
  • nearabouts
  • abbed
  • whirlabout
  • westabout
  • raceabout
  • eastabout
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