ur- (proto-, primitive, original) · great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives · very; used to intensify adjectives
köken: From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”). Doublet of er-.
aile: Urfaust, Urmonotheismus
🔊 ur- + Schrei (“scream”) → Urschrei (“primal scream”)
🔊 ur- + Wald (“forest”) → Urwald (“primeval forest”)
🔊 ur- + indogermanisch (“Indo-European”) → urindogermanisch (“Proto-Indo-European”, relational)
back; rear · fullback · shooting guard
çekim: çoğul arrières
köken: Inherited from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, from Latin ad + retrō.
aile: arriéré, assurer ses arrières, couvrir ses arrières, marche arrière, protéger ses arrières, arrière-train
🔊 Elle s'est assise à l'arrière du car.
bis- · great-
köken: From Latin bis (“twice”).
alternative form of bi-; bis-; di- · great-
köken: From Latin bis (“twice”).
🔊 bis- + croma (“quaver”) → biscroma (“demisemiquaver”)
🔊 bis- + nonno (“grandfather”) → bisnonno (“great-grandfather”)
great (when used with ancestors and descendants) · ur-, proto- (primitive, original)
eş: прото-, пред-
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
aile: прама́терь, пранарод, праславя́не
🔊 пра- (pra-) + дед (ded, “grandfather”) → пра́дед (práded, “great-grandfather”)
🔊 пра- (pra-) + славя́нский (slavjánskij, “Slavic”) → праславя́нский (praslavjánskij, “Proto-Slavic”)
great-
köken: From a variant of gammal (“old”).
🔊 gammel- + media → gammelmedia (“old media”)
🔊 gammel- + mormor (“maternal grandmother”) → gammelmormor (“great-grandmother”)
proto-, pre-, ur- · prepended to ancestors before grandparents; great- · prepended to descendants after grandchildren; great-
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Slavic *pra- Polish pra- Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 pra- + porządek → praporządek (“preorder”)
🔊 pra- + język → prajęzyk (“proto-language”)
🔊 pra- + stary → prastary (“ancient”)
great- · proto-
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 пра- (pra-) + дід (did, “grandfather”) → прадід (pradid, “great-grandfather”)
🔊 пра- (pra-) + слов'янський (slovʺjansʹkyj, “Slavic”) → праслов'янський (praslovʺjansʹkyj, “Proto-Slavic”)
great- (removed by one generation from) · fore- (ancestor) · primaeval, primary
eş: arci-, prach-, erc-
köken: Inherited from Old Czech pra- (“before (in time)”), from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 pra- + dědeček → pradědeček (“great-grandfather”)
🔊 pra- + babička → prababička (“great-grandmother”)
🔊 pra- + otec → praotec (“forefather”)
Shows intensification of verb, superiority, age or remoteness of noun or adjective; also used to show passage or penetration from one side to another.
köken: Inherited from Latin extra, though numerous instances of the prefix seem to derive from Latin trāns- (inherited in Romanian as tră-), the distinct meanings probably having become confused at some point.
aile: străpunge
great-grand (indicates a family relationship to the third degree)
köken: Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.
🔊 anya (“mother”) — nagyanya (“grandmother”) — dédnagyanya (“great-grandmother”)
great-
köken: Formed from tip (“tip, protruding part”), related to English tip.
🔊 tipoldefar
🔊 great-great-grandfather
🔊 tiptipoldemor
great- (removed by one generation from) · proto-
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Slavic *pra- Slovak pra- Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 pra- + ded → praded
🔊 pra- + slovanština → praslovanština
great- (removed by one generation from) · proto-
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 pra- + ded → praded
🔊 pra- + slovanščina → praslovanščina
great- · before; used to form words meaning "two times"
extreme, too, over-, hyper-
köken: From Proto-Brythonic *gwor-, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor-, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Cornish gor-, Breton gour- and English over-.
🔊 gor- + tew (“fat”) → gordew (“obese”)
🔊 gor- + bywiog (“lively”) → gorfywiog (“hyperactive”)
🔊 gor- + cyffwrdd (“to touch”) → gorgyffwrdd (“to overlap”)
old, aged; senior; mature; long-established, old-fashioned; (of calendar) old style · great, exceeding; over-
köken: PIE word *sénos From sean (“old”).
super-, over-, ultra- · general intensifier. · augments kinship terms by one generation. great-
köken: Originally possibly Vulgar Latin, from Latin extra, whence the synonymous Romanian stră-, regularly reflected in the archaic form shtër-. The modern form in s- might have arose by influence of Serbo-Croatian star (“old”), especially given sense 3, which is indeed also attested in Romanian, as for example in stră-bunic (“great-grandfather”), but not in other Romance cognates.
🔊 stër- + i madh (“big”) → i stërmadh (“very big”)
🔊 stër- + dhëmb (“tooth”) → stërdhëmb (“crooked tooth”)
🔊 stër- + qokë (“brood hen”) → stërqokë (“jackdaw”)
ur-; primitive; primordial; prehistoric · fore- · great-
köken: Borrowed from Russian пра- (pra-) and Polish pra-.
aile: praa, praulo
🔊 pra- + arbaro (“forest”) → praarbaro (“primordial forest”)
🔊 pra- + besto (“animal”) → prabesto (“prehistoric animal”)
🔊 pra- + homo (“human being”) → prahomo (“primitive man”)
great- · proto-
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
🔊 пра- (pra-) + дзед (dzjed, “grandfather”) → прадзед (pradzjed, “great-grandfather”)
🔊 пра- (pra-) + славянскі (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → праславянскі (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)
ur-, proto- (oldest, original) · great- (denoting three generations of distance in a family relationship)
köken: From Old High German ur-.
🔊 אור־ (ur-) + באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”) → אור־באָבע (ur-bobe, “great-grandmother”)