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-
- (no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’
Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_wan-' title='Category:English words prefixed with wan-'>English words prefixed with wan-</a>
- wanhope
- wanrest
- wanton
Anagrams
- NWA, awn, naw
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-
- Preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’.
Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Dutch_words_prefixed_with_wan-' title='Category:Dutch words prefixed with wan-'>Dutch words prefixed with wan-</a>
- wanklank
- wantij
References
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿan-
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑn/
Prefix
wan-
- Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense privation 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-
- 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-
- Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’
- Examples: wanhope, wanrest