or-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"
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-.
Prefix edit
or-
- (no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “or-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch ur-, or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
Prefix edit
or-
- A prefix with a variety of meanings, but originally meaning "out" or "original".
Derived terms edit
Category Middle Dutch terms prefixed with or- not found
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
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-
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
or-
- Soft mutation of gor-.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |