Origin

from Late Greek, from ōn (stem ont-) being, present participle of einai to be

onto-

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “being,” used in the formation of compound words:

ontogeny.

Also, especially before a vowel, ont-.

Origin

< New Latin < Greek ont- (stem of ón, neuter present participle of eînai to be) + -o- -o-

Related Words

diplont
haplont
ont-
ontic
ontogeny
ontology

onto-
combining form
⇨ see ont-

onto-combining form of Gr. ὄν, ὀντ- being present participle of εἶναι to be. onˈtogony [-γονία generation, production], the history of the production of organized beings (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1857). onˈtography [-graphy], a description of the nature and essence of things (Mayne); so ontoˈgraphic a. onˈtonomy [-νοµία distribution, arrangement] (see quot.). onˈtosophy [σοϕία wisdom], the knowledge of being; ontology. ontotheˈology (see quots.); so ontotheoˈlogical a.1803J. Stewart (title) Opus maximum..*Ontonomy; or, the science of being.1727–41Chambers Cycl., Ontology, or *Ontosophy, the doctrine or Science de ente, that is, of being, in the general, or abstract.1869Contemp. Rev. X. 407 It was not to be an ‘ontology’ nor an ‘ontosophy’.1798A. F. M. Willich Elem. Critical Philos. 171 *Ontotheology is the cognition of a Supreme Being from bare conceptions.1854Geo. Eliot tr. Feuerbach's Essence Christianity ii. 38 The ens realissimum, the most real being of the old onto-theology.Ibid. 40 The *onto-theological predicates are merely predicates of the understanding.

onto-

word-forming element meaning "a being, individual; being, existence," from Greek onto-, from stem of on (genitive ontos) "being," neuter present participle of einai "to be" (see essence).

onto- /ˈɒntəʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: Greek ont-, ōn being, neut. pres. pple of einai to be: see -o-.

Forming words with the sense ‘of or pertaining to being’, as ontogenetic, ontology etc.

DERIVATIVE ontotheˈology noun (a) the cognition of a supreme being through mere conceptions as opp. to experience; (b) theology in which God is regarded as a (supreme) being: L18.

onto-
combining form
see ont-

onto-

Prefix

being

Etymology

from Ancient Greek ὤν (ṓn) present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”)

Derived terms

ontogeny

Related terms

ontology

词汇	onto-
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com MWCD OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary onto- 或 ont- pref.（前缀） Existence; being: 表示“存在”： ontology. 本体论 Organism: 表示“有机体”： ontogeny. 个体发生语源 Late Greek 后期希腊语 from Greek ōn ont- [present participle of] einai [to be] * see es- 源自希腊语 ōn ont- [] einai的现在分词 [成为] 参见 es- onto- combining form existence or being ⇒ ontogeny ⇒ ontology Origin from Late Greek, from ōn (stem ont-) being, present participle of einai* to be onto- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “being,” used in the formation of compound words: ontogeny. Also, especially before a vowel, ont-. Origin < New Latin < Greek ont- (stem of ón, neuter present participle of eînai to be) + -o- -o- Related Words diplont haplont ont- ontic ontogeny ontology onto- combining form ⇨ see ont- onto-combining form of Gr. ὄν, ὀντ- being present participle of εἶναι to be. onˈtogony [-γονία generation, production], the history of the production of organized beings (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1857). onˈtography [-graphy], a description of the nature and essence of things (Mayne); so ontoˈgraphic a. onˈtonomy [-νοµία distribution, arrangement] (see quot.). onˈtosophy [σοϕία wisdom], the knowledge of being; ontology. ontotheˈology (see quots.); so ontotheoˈlogical a.1803J. Stewart (title) Opus maximum..Ontonomy; or, the science of being.1727–41Chambers Cycl., Ontology, or Ontosophy, the doctrine or Science de ente, that is, of being, in the general, or abstract.1869Contemp. Rev. X. 407 It was not to be an ‘ontology’ nor an ‘ontosophy’.1798A. F. M. Willich Elem. Critical Philos. 171 Ontotheology is the cognition of a Supreme Being from bare conceptions.1854Geo. Eliot tr. Feuerbach's Essence Christianity* ii. 38 The ens realissimum, the most real being of the old onto-theology.Ibid. 40 The onto-theological predicates are merely predicates of the understanding. onto- word-forming element meaning "a being, individual; being, existence," from Greek onto-, from stem of on (genitive ontos) "being," neuter present participle of einai "to be" (see essence). onto- /ˈɒntəʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: Greek ont-, ōn being, neut. pres. pple of einai to be: see -o-. Forming words with the sense ‘of or pertaining to being’, as ontogenetic, ontology etc. DERIVATIVE ontotheˈology noun (a) the cognition of a supreme being through mere conceptions as opp. to experience; (b) theology in which God is regarded as a (supreme) being: L18. onto-* combining form see ont- onto- Prefix being Etymology from Ancient Greek ὤν (ṓn) present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”) Derived terms ontogeny Related terms ontology
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