wan-|wɒn|a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un-¹ or mis-), repr. OE. wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to OFris. wan-, won-, OS. wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = OE. wansceaft), MLG., MDu. wan- (mod.Du. in many new formations, esp. in the sense ‘wrong’, ‘mis-’, as in wanbestuur misgovernment, wanluid discordant sound), OHG. wan-, wana (only in wanwâfan unarmed, wanaheil unhealthy, infirm, wanawizzi lacking wit, insane), MHG. wan- (only in wanwitze inherited from OHG.), mod.G. wahn- (in wahnwitz, wahnsinn insanity, commonly apprehended as compounds of wahn n., delusion; also in some dialect words, chiefly adopted from LG.); ON., Sw., Da. van- (in many old formations, to which mod.Sw. and Da. have added many more, chiefly adopted from LG.). The prefix is in origin identical with wane a.In OE. the number of words formed with the prefix is considerable, but none of them has survived into modern English, and only one (wanspéd, ill-success) into ME. Of the many new formations that arose in ME., only wantoȝen, undisciplined, wanton, still survives in use (with no consciousness of its etymological meaning); wanhope and wantrust may have been suggested by the equivalent MDu. forms. It was in the north that the prefix was most prolific, and it probably continued to be productive far into the modern period. The following words, peculiar to the Scottish and northern dialects, are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict., mostly with examples (or references to glossaries etc.) from the 18th c., but few if any of them are now in current use:—wancanny adj., wanchancy a., wancheer grief, sadness, wancouth adj. = uncouth, wandeidy adj., mischievous, wandought a. and n., wanearthly adj., wanease, wanfortune, wanfortunate, adj. wanhap, wanliesum, wanlit adj., wanluck, wanown't adj. = unowned, wanreck ‘mischance, ruin’, wanrest, wanthriven a., wanuse misuse, waste, wanweird, wanworth adj. and n.

wan- /wɒn/ prefix. Long obsolete exc. Scot. & N. English. OE.

ORIGIN: Old English wan- corresp. to Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German, Middle High German wan- (German wahn-), Old Norse, Swedish, Danish van-.

Prefixed to nouns & adjectives with the sense ‘bad, wrong, mis-, un-’, as wanfortune, wanrest.

wan-

IPA: /wɒn/

Prefix

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

Examples: wanhope, wanrest, wanton

Etymology

From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan- (prefix expressing privation or negation), from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)wAn-, *wān- (“empty”). Cognate with Dutch wan-, German Wahn-, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic van-, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wans, “lacking, deficient”). More at want.

Derived terms

English words prefixed with wan-

词汇	wan-
词根词缀	OED SOED Wiktionary wan-\|wɒn\|a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un-¹ or mis-), repr. OE. wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to OFris. wan-, won-, OS. wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = OE. wansceaft), MLG., MDu. wan- (mod.Du. in many new formations, esp. in the sense ‘wrong’, ‘mis-’, as in wanbestuur misgovernment, wanluid discordant sound), OHG. wan-, wana (only in wanwâfan unarmed, wanaheil unhealthy, infirm, wanawizzi lacking wit, insane), MHG. wan- (only in wanwitze inherited from OHG.), mod.G. wahn- (in wahnwitz, wahnsinn insanity, commonly apprehended as compounds of wahn n., delusion; also in some dialect words, chiefly adopted from LG.); ON., Sw., Da. van- (in many old formations, to which mod.Sw. and Da. have added many more, chiefly adopted from LG.). The prefix is in origin identical with wane a.In OE. the number of words formed with the prefix is considerable, but none of them has survived into modern English, and only one (wanspéd, ill-success) into ME. Of the many new formations that arose in ME., only wantoȝen, undisciplined, wanton, still survives in use (with no consciousness of its etymological meaning); wanhope and wantrust may have been suggested by the equivalent MDu. forms. It was in the north that the prefix was most prolific, and it probably continued to be productive far into the modern period. The following words, peculiar to the Scottish and northern dialects, are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict., mostly with examples (or references to glossaries etc.) from the 18th c., but few if any of them are now in current use:—*wancanny* adj., wanchancy a., *wancheer* grief, sadness, *wancouth* adj. = uncouth, *wandeidy* adj., mischievous, wandought a. and n., *wanearthly* adj., wanease, wanfortune, *wanfortunate, adj. wanhap, wanliesum, wanlit* adj., *wanluck, wanown't* adj. = unowned, *wanreck* ‘mischance, ruin’, wanrest, wanthriven a., *wanuse* misuse, waste, wanweird, wanworth adj. and n. wan- /wɒn/ prefix. Long obsolete exc. Scot. & N. English. OE. ORIGIN: Old English wan- corresp. to Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old High German, Middle High German wan- (German wahn-), Old Norse, Swedish, Danish van-. Prefixed to nouns & adjectives with the sense ‘bad, wrong, mis-, un-’, as wanfortune, wanrest. wan- IPA: /wɒn/ Prefix no longer productive except in Scotland Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’ Examples: wanhope, wanrest, wanton Etymology From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan- (prefix expressing privation or negation), from Proto-Germanic wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European (e)wAn-, wān- (“empty”). Cognate with Dutch wan-, German Wahn-, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic van-, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃* (wans, “lacking, deficient”). More at want. Derived terms ► English words prefixed with wan-
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