-o-
NONE（无词性）
语源
NONE（无词性）
- Used as a connective to join word elements:
用以连接词素：
acidophilic.
嗜酸的
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Old French
源自 古法语 - from Latin
源自 拉丁语 - from Greek [thematic vowel of nouns and adjectives used in combination]
源自 希腊语 [用于连接的名词和形容记号的词干元音]
-o-
connective vowel
used to connect elements in a compound word
⇒
chromosome
⇒
Compare -i-
filmography
Compare -i-
Origin
from Greek, stem vowel of many nouns and adjectives in combination-o-
Word Origin
1
the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i-, is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elements of Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology:
Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer.
Compare -i-.
Origin
Middle English (< Old French) < Latin < Greek
-o-an ending for the first element of many compounds, originally found in the combining forms of many Greek words, but often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology, as in Franco-Italian, speedometer, etc.
-o-
speedometer
elastomer
ETYMOLOGY Greek, thematic vowel of many nouns and adjectives in combination
— used as a connective vowel originally to join word elements of Greek origin and now also to join word elements of Latin or other originspeedometer
elastomer
-o-
suffix
- used as the terminal vowel of combining forms［用作复合形式的末尾元音］：
-
chemico-
Gallo-.
USAGEThe suffix -o- is often elided before a vowel, as in neuralgia.
词源
from Greek.
-o-
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from Greek, thematic vowel of many nouns and adjectives in combination
— used as a connective vowel originally to join two elements of Greek origin and now also to join two elements of Latin or other origin and being either identical with
< chrysoprase >
or analogous to
< Anglo-Saxon >
an original Greek stem vowel or simply inserted
< jazzophile >
< dramatico-musical >
— compare -i-
— used as a connective vowel originally to join two elements of Greek origin and now also to join two elements of Latin or other origin and being either identical with
< chrysoprase >
or analogous to
< Anglo-Saxon >
an original Greek stem vowel or simply inserted
< jazzophile >
< dramatico-musical >
— compare -i-
-o- 1-ö-
Interfix
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words of Ancient Greek origin but can also be used between modern terms and even abbreviations.
- extreme + -o- + phile producing extremophile
- speed + -o- + meter producing speedometer
- blog + -o- + sphere producing blogosphere
Etymology
Adopted from Latin, ultimately of Greek origin. In English, the connective is found from the Middle English period in direct borrowings from Latin. Direct formations of English terms with the connective, always combining Greek or Latin roots, appear from the 16th or 17th century. From the 18th century, the suffix becomes productive in compounds where the second element is English. From about 1800, formations on all sorts of stems become common.
Derived terms
Category English words infixed with -o- not found
See also
-o- 2
Affix
- pharmacology a monoclonal antibody derived from a murine source
Etymology
Designated in the USAN guidelines for non-proprietary names of monoclonal antibodies.