Where does โ€œ-oโ€ come from?

-o (English) comes from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan ๐Œ, from Ancient Greek ฮฟ, from Phoenician ๐ค, from Egyptian ๐“น.

-o (English): A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...

Definitions

  1. A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...

Ancestry of โ€œ-oโ€, step by step

-o traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English O

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
2Middle EnglishOโ€”
3Old Englishoever, always
4LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
5Etruscan๐Œโ€”
6Ancient GreekฮฟLower-case omicron (แฝ‚ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯŒฮฝ), 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€
7Phoenician๐คayin; สฟayin
8Egyptian๐“นโ€”

via Spanish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishoName of the letter O; or; either โ€ฆ or
2Latinautor
3Proto-Italic*autieither, or
4Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚‚ewtion the other hand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚‚ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanวตสฐePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from โ€œ-oโ€

Every word from Egyptian ๐“น โ†’