English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English or-, from Old English or- (or-), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀ-, *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (up, out). Cognate with West Frisian oar-, Dutch oor-/oer-, German ur-, Gothic 𐌿𐍃- (us-). Identical with Old English ā- (a-), and the German borrowing English ur-. More at a-.

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or-

  1. (no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without.
    ordalian, ordeal, orlay, ort

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Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch ur-, or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.

Prefix edit

or-

  1. A prefix with a variety of meanings, but originally meaning "out" or "original".

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Category Middle Dutch terms prefixed with or- not found

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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out), from unstressed Proto-Indo-European *uss-, from *uds- (up, out). Cognate with Old High German ur-, ir-, ar-, er-. More at out.

Pronunciation edit

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or-

  1. original
  2. former
  3. ex-, out of
  4. without, lacking
  5. causing deprivation, privative

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Descendants edit

  • Middle English: or-

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

or-

  1. Soft mutation of gor-.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gor- or- ngor- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.