Part of speech: preposition
(Dat) 1) at; near, by, with; next to; 2) on, upon
Etymology
[Mod E AT ← Prot-Germ *at; Goth at “at; to; while, when”; O Fris et “in; with; (up)on”; O Sax at “with; next (to)”; OHG az “in; on; to; until”; O Icel at, að (Mod Icel að) “at, in; to, towards; with; near, next to”; ← Indo-Europ *ad-; Lat ad “on; toward, to; up to; for”; O Ir ad- pref]