English

Prefix

wan-

1. (no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’

   Examples: wanhope, wanrest, wanton

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wan-, from Old Dutch *wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wana-, a prefixing form of *wanaz.

Prefix

wan-

1. Preceding nouns, verbs and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’.

Derived terms

• wangedrag
• wanhoop
• wanorde
• wantrouwend

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz ‎(“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *we-no- ‎(“absent, lacking, without”), *lang-, from Proto-Indo-European *eue- ‎(“to leave, abandon”). Akin to Old Saxon wan- (Dutch wan-), Old High German wan- (German wahn-), Old Norse van- (Swedish van-), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 ‎(wans, “wanting”), Old English wanian ‎(“to lessen, wane”), Latin vānus. More at wane.

Pronunciation

Prefix

wan-

1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense provation or negation, ‘lacking, without; un-, wan-’.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz ‎(“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *we-no- ‎(“absent, lacking, without”), *lang-, from Proto-Indo-European *eue- ‎(“to leave, abandon”).

Prefix

wan-

1. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense provation or negation, ‘lacking, without; un-, wan-’.

Scots

Etymology

From Old English wan-. Cognate with German wahn-, Swedish van-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɒn/

Prefix

wan-

1. Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’

   Examples: wanhope, wanrest