and- English

Meaning and- meaning

What does and- mean?

and- prefix

— (no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning "against", "back", "in return", "away", represented in Modern English by a-, an-, on-, and in altered form by the reverse-action prefix un-#Etymology_2 (e.g. unbuckle). Also as the initial letter d in dread (< Old English ondrǣdan).