on-

on, at, toward, upon.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: on-

Inherited from Old English: on-

Cognate with Dutch: aan-

Cognate with German: an-

Cognate with Swedish: an-

In summary

From Middle English on-, from Old English on-, an-, from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *an-, *ana- (“on-”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with Dutch aan-, German an-, Swedish an-. Doublet of ana-.