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Adopted from Latin -o-, originating ultimately from Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-). 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.

-o-

  1. A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.

linking vowel between morphemes

Designated in the USAN guidelines for non-proprietary names of monoclonal antibodies.

-o-

  1. (pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a murine source

-o-

  1. -o- (forms compounds)

Has the stressed variant -ò- which is used before certain mostly monosyllabic suffixes such as -crata, -fag, -fob, -graf, -man, etc.

Inherited from Old Czech -o-, from Proto-Slavic *-o-.

-o-

  1. forms compounds

-o-

  1. -o-

-o-

  1. -o-

From Latin -o-.

-o-

  1. -o-

-o-

  1. A suffix-initial vowel (or linking vowel) inserted interconsonantally between the word stem and the suffix, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning.
    ‎_kor_ (“age”) + ‎_-o- + -k_ → ‎_korok_ (“ages”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-. Compare Slovincian -ô-

-o-

  1. used to link two words in some compounds; -o-

Adopted from the thematic vowel in Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-), often used to form nominal compounds. In Ancient Greek, the connective suffix originates in compounds where the first member is thematic, such as δημοκρατία (dēmokratía), but was extended by analogy to other stems, such as μητρόπολις (mētrópolis). The suffix was borrowed as a connective into Latin, mainly in compounds of Greek origin.

The suffix becomes productive and forms new compounds in learned humanist Latin, from the Renaissance. The connective is especially productive in connecting ethnonyms or geographical terms; genuine Greek stems include Gallo-, and Syro-, but most are of medieval or modern origin, productive from the 15th century, such as Anglo-, Graeco- or Latino-.

-o-

  1. (post-classical Latin) Suffix forming nominal compounds
    ‎_Anglus_ (“Angle, English”) + ‎-o- + ‎_saxonicus_ (“Saxon”) → ‎_anglosaxonicus_ (“Anglo-Saxon”)

Proto-Slavic *-o-

Old Polish -o-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-.

-o-

  1. used in compound words

Proto-Slavic *-o-

Old Polish -o-

Polish -o-

Inherited from Old Polish -o-.

-o-

  1. used in compound words
    ‎_deszcz_ + ‎-o- + ‎_mierzyć_ → ‎_deszczomierz_

Unstressed:

Stressed:

-o-

  1. -o-

-o-

  1. -o-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-.

-o- (Cyrillic spelling -о-, interfix-forming suffix)

  1. Interfix used for forming nominal compounds.
    kiš + -o- + -bran → kȉšobrān

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-

-o-

  1. Used to form compounds.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-

-o-

  1. Used to form compounds.

-o-

  1. infixed form of -o (“wa class(II), m class(III), and u class(XI) relative marker”)

From Old Swedish -u, -o, from the Old Swedish genitive form of Germanic feminine _ōn_-stems.

Alternates with -u- according to Old Swedish rules of syllable weight, where -o was used after heavy syllables and -u after light.

-o-

  1. Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-o-.

-o-

  1. used in compound words
    ‎_horni_ + ‎-o- + ‎_serbšćina_ → ‎_hornjoserbšćina_

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