Where does โ-oโ come from?
-o (English) comes from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan ๐, from Ancient Greek ฮฟ, from Phoenician ๐ค, from Egyptian ๐น.
-o (English): A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
Definitions
- A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
Ancestry of โ-oโ, step by step
-o traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English O
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 2 | Middle English | O | โ |
| 3 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | ๐ | โ |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ฮฟ | Lower-case omicron (แฝ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯฮฝ), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ฮพ and followed by ฯ |
| 7 | Phoenician | ๐ค | ayin; สฟayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | ๐น | โ |
via Spanish o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | o | Name of the letter O; or; either โฆ or |
| 2 | Latin | aut | or |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *auti | either, or |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | hโewti | on the other hand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | hโew | away from, off; again |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | วตสฐe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |