Where does “or-” come from?

or- (Middle English) comes from Old English or-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

or- (Middle English): without, void of, bereft of

Definitions

  1. without, void of, bereft of

Ancestry of “or-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishor-original; former; ex-, out of
2Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “or-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →