ἀν-

See also: αν, αν-, -αν-, άν-, ἀν', ἄν, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“not, un-”) when followed by laryngeal and a vowel: that is, in an open syllable of the n̥HV- form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an/ → /an/ → /an/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an/

Prefix

ἀν- • (an-)

1. Alternative form of ἀ- (a-) used before a vowel.

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1