Etymograph

English

ac-

Ac- comes from Old English āc ‘oak’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *aiks.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aiks‘oak tree’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*aik‘oak’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150āc‘oak’
  4. Englishtodayac-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aiks‘oak tree’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*aik‘oak’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150āc‘oak’
  4. Englishtodayac-

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *aik ‘oak’

oak, 1 more

through Old English āc ‘oak’

oke, 1 more

Another origin of ac-

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éd‘near, at’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ad‘toward, to, on, up to, for’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad‘to, towards’
  4. Englishtodayac-

Assimilated form of ad- before c, k, q. Around 1500 the c was added to some versions of the a- prefix.

Another origin of ac-

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱe‘Deictic particle, here’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ga-‘Indicates association or togetherness’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfectivity’reconstructed
  5. Englishtodayac-

Assimilated form of a-. Around 1500 the c was added to some versions of the a- prefix.

Today it means

prefix oak.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *aiks / ac-

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