English

oh so

/ˈoʊsoʊ/
very, extremely (often ironic)

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    Origin

    From oh (interjection) + so (adverb).

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • partEnglishoh “Expression of surprise.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englisho
        • borrowedOld Frenchoh
      • derivedEnglisho “The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.”
    • partEnglishso “As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishso “large tub, vat”
        • inheritedOld Englishswā
        • inheritedOld Englishsā “a tub, pail, vessel”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishsol “fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”
        • derivedItaliansol
        • inheritedOld Englishsol “mud, mire, wet sand”
      • borrowedJapanese蘇

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