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See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

English

Etymology

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

or-

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

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with or-

References

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Prefix

or-

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

Derived terms

Category Middle Dutch terms prefixed with or- not found

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Prefix

or-

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

Derived terms

Old English terms prefixed with or-

Descendants

  • Middle English: or-

Welsh

Pronunciation

Prefix

or-

  1. Soft mutation of gor-.

Mutation

Mutated forms of gor-
radical soft nasal aspirate
gor- or- ngor- unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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