To be-head means to take off someone's head, and to be-friend someone is to become friends with that person. In the first case you are taking something away (a head) and in the second case you are adding something (friendship). Why???
2007-03-02 20:08:58 · 3 answers · asked by sugarpacketchad 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Be as a prefix has many meanings
to make - as in belittle
thoroughly or excesively - as in bespattered, bejewelled
on, over or about , surround or cover- as in bemoan,befog, bedew
comes from an Indo-European base meaning around which is also the ancestor of the English ambi-,amphi, and by
2007-03-02 20:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by coffee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be...meaning-all over, all around-bespatter, beset
be...meaning-completel- bewitch, bemuse
be...meaning-having, covered with-bejewelled
be...meaning-affect with (added to nouns)-befog
be...meaning-cause to be (added to adjectives)-becalm
2007-03-03 04:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can be derived from the German meaning "etwas ab-bekommen", i.e. to catch s.th./to bear s.th./to get what is coming to one
I am German/English/French translator
2007-03-03 05:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by Monika S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋