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The copulative ''a'' (also ''a'' copulativum, ''a'' athroistikon) is the prefix ''ha-'' or ''a-'' expressing unity in Ancient Greek, derived from Proto-Indo-European *''(unicode:sm̥-)'', cognate to English ''same'' (see also Symbel).〔.〕 An example is ''a-delphos'' "brother", from *''(unicode:sm̥-gwelbhos)'' literally "from the ''same'' womb" (c.f. Delphi). In Proto-Greek, ''s'' at the beginning of a word became ''h'' by debuccalization and syllabic ''m̥'' became ''a'', giving ''ha-''. The initial ''h'' was sometimes lost by psilosis. Cognate forms in other languages preserve the ''s'': for example, the Sanskrit prefix ''(unicode:saṃ-)'' in the name of the language, ''(unicode:saṃ-s-kṛtā)'' "put together". Less exact cognates include English ''same'' and ''some'', and Latin ''simul'' "at the same time" and ''sīmilis'' "similar".〔 〕 Other words in Greek are related, including ''háma'' "at the same time", ''homós'' "same", and ''heís'' "one" (from ).〔〔, , .〕 ==See also== * privative a 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「copulative a」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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