Where does “at” come from?

at (Scots) comes from Middle English at, from Old English æt, from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

at (Scots): at

Definitions

  1. at

Ancestry of “at”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishatat; to
2Old Englishæteating; at a certain place; at a certain time
3Proto-Turkicātname
4Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “at”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →