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Here are some of the groups of words having the prefix a-. 1

Words formed from the Old English a- expressing movement, for example up or away: ago, arise, awake. 2

Words formed by combination with the Old English preposition a meaning on: abed, alive, ashore, asleep. 3

Words formed from the Latin (via French) ad- expressing addition: abandon, achieve, agree, alarm, amount, amuse.4

Words, some of them only used in technical domains, formed from the Greek a- meaning without: abiotic, agnostic, amorphous, asexual, atheism.

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