Etymograph

English

anear

From a- (“away, off, from, of”) + near (adverb), perhaps partly after afar, anew, etc.

Formed from a- ‘away, off, from, of’ + near

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- ‘to reach’

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Proto-Germanic *nēhw ‘near’

Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz ‘nearer’

Old English nēar ‘nearer’

Middle English nere

English near

Today it means

prep Near.

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

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