English
with-
With- comes from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi- ‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *wiþi-.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wiþi-‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’reconstructed
- Englishtodaywith-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wiþi-‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’reconstructed
- Englishtodaywith-
The story
Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- (‘back’), German wider- (‘against’), German wieder- (‘again’).
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *wiþi-
Today it means
prefix Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wiþi- / with-