Dutch

Prefix

ont-  Non-separable

1. to strip off/away that which is referred to by the stem (to which this prefix is prepended)
2. to add the connotation that the action referred to by the stem is non-repeatable; i.e., to make the verb which follows become the diametrically opposite of frequentative, as it were.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ant-, from Proto-Germanic *andi-, *anda-, *and-.

Prefix

ont-

1. un-, de-; forms verbs meaning to negate, remove or separate.

Descendants

• Dutch: ont-

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch int-, from Proto-Germanic *in-. Compare Old English on-.

Prefix

ont-

1. Forms inchoative verbs, indicating that a process is beginning.

Descendants

• Dutch: ont-

Derived terms