English

Prefix

ed-

1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "again", "back", "anew", equivalent to re-.

   eddish, eddy, edgrow, edgrowth, ednew, edquicken

Derived terms

References

• ed- in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Old English

Alternative forms

• æd-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- ‎(“back, backwards, again”). Akin to Old Saxon idug-, Old High German id-, ida- (German dialect it-), Old Norse ið-, Gothic 𐌹𐌳-.

Prefix

ed-

1. forming words with sense of "anew" or "again"; "against", "backwards"

   ednīwian "to renew, refresh, restore"

   edlǣċan "to repeat"

   edwīt "disgrace, reproach, shame"

   edwierpan "to recover, amend, improve"

2. turning

   edēa "whirlpool, eddy"

Descendants

• English eddy

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *idi- ‎(“back, backwards, again”). Related to idug-.

Prefix

ed-

1. forming words with sense of "against", "backwards"

   edwindan "to hurl, precipitate"