wan-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wan"

English

Etymology

From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan-, from Proto-West Germanic *wana-, 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) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with wan-

Anagrams

• NWA, awn, naw

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʋɑn/

Prefix

wan-

1. bad, un- (preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives)

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with wan-

• wanklank
• wantij

Old English

Alternative forms

• won-

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn/

Prefix

wan-

1. lacking, without; un-

Derived terms

Old English terms prefixed with wan-

Descendants

• Middle English: wan-, won-
  • English: wan-
  • Scots: 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 privation 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