to-
prefixprefixcommon in dialogue
apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. Parting: forming verbs that involve cleaving, breaking, or sundering.
prefix
- 1
apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. Parting: forming verbs that involve cleaving, breaking, or sundering.
tocrack
togrind
torend
- 2
apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. To do excessively.
tobeat
topinch
toquake
toruffle
- 3
apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. Completely.
tobruise
toreave
torob
toshend
- 4
apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. Moving.
tolug
towind
Etymology
From Middle English to-, from Old English tō-, te- (“apart, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *tō-, *tuʀ-, *twiʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart, in two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“two-ways, in twain”).
prefix
- 1
Used in various ways to indicate temporality: Current, the current form of the suffixed time. Forming nouns.
today
tonight
tosol
- 2
Used in various ways to indicate temporality: On (this) time, which is a fixed point in time. Forming adverbs.
today
tomorrow
tomorn
- 3
Used in various ways to indicate temporality: During the suffixed time. Forming adverbs.
today
tonight
toyear
- 4
Used in various ways to indicate temporality: Of, as characteristic of the suffixed time period. Forming adverbs and adjectives.
today
together
- 5
Used in various ways to indicate temporality: At, at the suffixed time. Forming an unfixed point in time, rather than a duration.
tomorrow
tofall
together
- 6
Adding, additional in quantity.
to-bread
to-name
- 7
Toward in direction or location.
to-draw
tofall
together
Etymology
From to.
to- · apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity. Parting: forming verbs that involve cleaving, breaking, or sundering.
toad · An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with…toast · Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).toasted · Cooked by toasting.