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Old English · prefix

or-

Part of speech
prefix
IPA
/ˈor/
Syllables
ˈor (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. original

  2. former

  3. ex-, out of

  4. without, lacking

  5. causing deprivation, privative

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *oʀ-, *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from unstressed Proto-Indo-European *uss-, from *uds- (“up, out”). A doublet (or alternative form) of Old English ā- (“a-”). Cognate with Old High German ur-, ir-, ar-, er- (German ur-, and hence the English borrowing English ur-); West Frisian oar-; Dutch oor-/oer-; Gothic - (us-). More at out.

Descendants

or-

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