-o-

English

interfix

Definitions

A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words of Ancient Greek or Latin origin but can also be used between modern terms and even abbreviations.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -o- (lip) derived from Ancient Greek -ό-.

Origin

Ancient Greek

-ό-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-bac- English
-cir- English
-col- English
-gen English
-genic English
-gram English
-graphy English
-ian English
-les- English
-mab English
-meter English
-oyl English
-phile English
-philia English
-phone English
-some English
-tum- English
Balkan English
Balkano- English
Bulgar English
Bulgaro- English
Croat English
Croato- English
Czech English
Czechoslovak English
Czechoslovakian English
Czechoslovakism English
Malay English
Malayo- English
Slovak English
black English
blackophilia English
cholecyst English
cholecystolithiasis English
connect English
connectogram English
cœn- English
cœno- English
detumomab English
dysmegakaryocytopoiesis English
edobacomab English
edrecolomab English
empathogen English
empathogenic English
empathy English
flatulence English
flatulogenic English
gas English
gasogen English
gig English
gigography English
glycopeptide English
glycopeptidolipid English
gram English
graph English
graphophone English
hematin English
hematinometer English
homœo- English
imciromab English
iono- English
lemalesomab English
line English
linotype English
linotyper English
linotypist English
lipid English
lithiasis English
lysis English
magneto- English
magnetohydrodynamic English
megakaryocyte English
megakaryocytopoiesis English
meme English
memosphere English
meter English
minretumomab English
mitumomab English
nacolomab tafenatox English
naptumomab estafenatox English
pemtumomab English
phil- English
philo- English
poiesis English
porn English
prespliceosome English
pædo- English
reflect English
reflectoporn English
scale English
scalogram English
slide English
slidometer English
smell English
smell-o-meter English
softography English
software English
sphere English
splice English
spliceosomal English
spliceosome English
sulesomab English
supraspliceosome English
symbol English
symbologenic English
taplitumomab English
tenatumomab English
toon English
toonophile English
tositumomab English
type English
urobilin English
urobilinogen English
xylan English
xylanolysis English
-o- Latin
empathogen German
-ο- Ancient Greek
-ό- Ancient Greek
-oides Translingual