wan-

See also: wan, WAN, wán, wàn, wān, wǎn, -wan, and Appendix:Variations of "wan"

English

Etymology

From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɒn/

Prefix

wan-

  1. (no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’
    Examples: wanhope, wanrest, wanton

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_wan-'>English words prefixed with wan-</a>

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wan-, from Old Dutch *wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wana-, a prefixing form of *wanaz.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ʋɑn/

Prefix

wan-

  1. Preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’.

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Dutch_words_prefixed_with_wan-'>Dutch words prefixed with wan-</a>

References

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wɑn/

    Prefix

    wan-

    1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense provation or negation, ‘lacking, without; un-, wan-’.

    Old Saxon

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).

    Prefix

    wan-

    1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense provation or negation, ‘lacking, without; un-, wan-’.

    Scots

    Etymology

    From Old English wan-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wɒn/

    Prefix

    wan-

    1. Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’
      Examples: wanhope, wanrest
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