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Alpha privative

An alpha privative or, rarely, privative a (from Latin alpha prīvātīvum, from Ancient Greek α στερητικόν) is the prefix a- or an- (before vowels) that is used in Indo-European languages such as Sanskrit and Greek and in words borrowed therefrom to express negation or absence, for example the English words of Greek origin atypical, anesthetic, and…

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Alpha privative

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Avg. degree1.94
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prefix an- languages also privative latin sanskrit english vowels greek a- copulative alpha used negation vowel germanic proto-indo-european words appears

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Sanskritinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
Greekinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
in words borrowed therefrom to express negation or absenceinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
for example the English words of Greek origin atypicalinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
anestheticinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
and analgesicinstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text
as well as the English word of Sanskrit origin ahimsainstance ofthat is used in Indo-European languages0.80text

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