Word.ws English Dictionary

as-

as- prefix: away from. Also the alternative form of ad-.

Prefix

as-

  1. (idiomatic) Away from.
    • assail, assoil, assault, assoil, assemble, assent

Also used as

as- is also the alternative form of ad-.

Origin of as-

Assimilated form of ab- + before -s-, from Latin ab (“of, off, from, away”).

Assimilated form of ad- before s. From Latin ad-.

Words formed from as-

Questions about as-

What does as- mean?
As- means away from.
What part of speech is as-?
As- is a prefix.

Words near as- in the dictionary

  1. as you please
  2. as you sow, so shall you reap
  3. as you were
  4. as you wish
  5. as't
  6. as-
  7. as-built
  8. as-builts
  9. as-if rule
  10. as-is
  11. AS-level

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “as-.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/as-. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.