"or-" meaning in English

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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-. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|or-}} Middle English or-, {{inh|en|ang|or-|t=or-}} Old English or- (“or-”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*oʀ-}} Proto-West Germanic *oʀ-, {{m|gmw-pro|*uʀ-}} *uʀ-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uz-|t=out}} Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*uds-|t=up, out}} Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), {{cog|fy|-}} West Frisian, {{m|nl|oar-}} oar-, {{cog|nl|oor-}} Dutch oor-, {{m|nl|oer-}} oer-, {{cog|de|ur-}} German ur-, {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃-}} Gothic 𐌿𐍃- (us-), {{cog|ang|ā-||a-}} Old English ā- (“a-”), {{cog|en|ur-}} English ur-, {{l|en|a-}} a- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} or-, {{en-prefix}} or-
  1. (no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-or--en-prefix-QsuvU1Pd Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters

Download JSON data for or- meaning in English (2.6kB)

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        "(no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without."
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