Where does “a-” come from?

a- (Old French) comes from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

a- (Old French): indicating movement towards something;...

Definitions

  1. indicating movement towards something;...

Ancestry of “a-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Proto-Italic*ad-ad

Words derived from “a-”

Every word from Proto-Italic *ad- →Every word from Latin ad- →