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by-

prefix

  1. (near, at hand)
  2. (out of the way, aside)
  3. (secondary)
  4. (past)
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Etymology: Partly from a combining form of by (“by, near, around”), and partly continuing Middle English bi-, by-, from Old English bī- (“by, near, around”), from Proto-Germanic *bi-, whence also be-. Cognate with Dutch bij-, German bei-.

  1. Near or roundabout.

    bystander, bypass

  2. Secondary, incidental, or parallel to.

    by-product, byform, by-path, by-book