to-

to- · prefix¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dwís“two-ways, in twain”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*twiz-“apart, in two”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tō-
4. Old English · inherited fromtō-
5. Middle English · inherited fromto-
6. English todayto-

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”).

to- · prefix²

From to.

Words from the same roots