English

O

/əʊ/
The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

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    Origin

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.

    Etymology 3

    Abbreviation.

    Etymology 4

    Korean 오(伍) (O) or 오(吳) (O). Doublet of Wu.

    Etymology 5

    From Mandarin 鄂 (È) Wade–Giles romanization: O⁴.

    Etymology 6

    From Hokkien 烏 /乌 (o͘, “black”) or Teochew 烏 /乌 (ou¹, “black”).

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englisho
      • borrowedOld Frenchoh
        • inheritedLatinō
          • derivedAncient Greekὦ
    • borrowedMandarin鄂
    • borrowedHokkien烏 “black”
      • borrowedTeochew烏 “black”

    Related: English Wu (doublet)

    Words built on it: -o

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