oligo-
English
prefix
Definitions
- few
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (few, little, small) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg/k- (miserable, poor).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(o)leyg/k-
Gloss
miserable, poor
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chaeta Latin
- oligo- Latin
- oligūria Latin
- Oligozän German
- oligo- Italian
- oligo- Spanish, Castilian
- ὀλίγος Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγάρχης Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγαρχία Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγοψυχέω Ancient Greek
- *(o)leyg/k- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ligos Proto-Indo-European
- oligo- Portuguese
- olagaplacht Irish
- oligo- Galician
- ολίγος Greek (modern)
- 올리고 Korean
- 올리고당 Korean
- λίγος gkm