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on

Pronunciation: /on/

“on” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. on, in, at, among
  2. on, during
  3. onto, into (to express allative motion or a change of state)

adverb

  1. from

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana. See Old English in for more.

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