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wan-

/wɒn/

wan- prefix: preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.

Prefix

wan-

  1. (idiomatic) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.

Origin of wan-

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”).

Questions about wan-

What does wan- mean?
Wan- means preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.
What part of speech is wan-?
Wan- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce wan-?
Wan- is pronounced /wɒn/.

Words near wan- in the dictionary

  1. wan
  2. Wan Chai
  3. Wan Chai Gap
  4. wan'cha
  5. wan't
  6. wan-
  7. wan-thriven
  8. WANA
  9. Wanaaring
  10. Wanaka
  11. Wanalta

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