or-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

English

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-.

Prefix

or-

  1. (no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without.
    ordalian, ordeal, orlay, ort

Derived terms
English terms prefixed with or-

References

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ur-, or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.

Prefix

or-

  1. A prefix with a variety of meanings, but originally meaning "out" or "original".

Derived terms
Category Middle Dutch terms prefixed with or- not found

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from unstressed Proto-Indo-European *uss-, from *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old High German ur-, ir-, ar-, er-. More at out.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈor/

Prefix

or-

  1. original
  2. former
  3. ex-, out of
  4. without, lacking
  5. causing deprivation, privative

Derived terms
  • oreald
  • orwēne (“without hope, hopeless”)
Old English terms prefixed with or-

Descendants
  • Middle English: or-

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔr/

Prefix

or-

  1. Soft mutation of gor-.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gor- or- ngor- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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