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to-(1) (iou)



to- prefix1 (not productive).
[Old English to- = Old Frisian ti-, te-, Old Saxon ti- (te-), Old High German zi-, za-, ze- and zir-, zar- (German zer-), from West Germanic from Germanic = Latin dis-: see DIS-.]
Forming chiefly verbs with the senses 'asunder, apart, to or in pieces', and 'away, about, abroad, here and there'. Also with intensive force, 'completely, entirely, thoroughly, greatly, severely'.