Old English · prefix
ofer-
- Part of speech
- prefix
- IPA
- /ˈo.fer/[ˈo.ver]
- Syllables
- ˈo · fer (2 syllables)
Meaning
used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions having intensive force, or with a sense of "going over, above"
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uber. See ofer (“over”).
Descendants
over-
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