köken: From a grammaticalized phrase in Middle Iranian, *pad rāy (“(literally) for the thing”), itself composed of Proto-Iranian *pati- (“for, towards, against”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), the latter a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”). By surface analysis, به (be, “for”)…
against · to, towards · to, versus (in scores/results)
eş: anti, contra, omstreeks, rond, aan, voor
zıt: voor
köken: From Middle Dutch tegen, tjegen, from te jegen, the latter from Old Dutch gegin, from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. See also jegens.
aile: tegendraads, tegenstrijdig, integendeel, tegencultuur, tegendeel, tegenhanger, tegenspraak, tegenstander, tegenstem, tegen de vlakte
for (intended to belong to) · for, in aid of (intended to benefit, cure, support, etc.) · for (in return for)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ja Proto-Slavic *dьľa Old Polish dla Polish dla Inherited from Old Polish dla.
Zrobiłem dla ciebie kanapkę.
Reszta dla pana.
Palenie tytoniu jest bardzo szkodliwe dla zdrowia.
köken: From suffixed noun ért, éret (“instead of sth., in exchange”), evolved from *ér (“presumably "place"”), a noun of unknown origin extended with -t (“locative suffix”).
toward, to · up to (indicating direction upwards) · near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
köken: From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at. The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.
aile: ad absurdum, ad amussim, ad arma, ad astra, ad hoc, ad hominem, ad infinitum, ad kalendas Graecas, ad libitum, ad nauseam
Fugere ad puppim collēs campīque videntur.
Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.
to share (to give part of what one has to somebody) · to divide (to split or separate something into two or more parts) · to divide
köken: From Malay bagi, a variant of the standard bahagi, from Proto-Malayic *bahagi (“share, portion, inheritance; to allot, divide property”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.
to give · to let; to make; to cause · to let; to allow; to permit
köken: From Proto-Vietic *cəː; cognate with Arem cʌː. Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs: ở (“to stay; at, in”), đến (“to come; to”), tới (“to arrive; to”), lên (“to go up; onto”), vào (“to enter; in, into”), theo (“to follow; according to”), về (“to return; about”).
aile: cho biết, cho hay, cho phép, cho thấy, để cho
used to indicate the place someone or something is going to or toward; for, to · used to indicate an amount of time; for, in, during · used to indicate the time when something is arranged or intended to happen; for