on-

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Etymology

From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- ("on-"), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- ("on").

Prefix

1. on, at, toward, upon.

   oncome, onset, onfall, onlay

Synonyms

• (above) en-, epi-, super-, supra-, sur-, hyper-

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