English

oh

/əʊ/
Expression of surprise.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English o.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English o, oo, from Old English ō, from Latin ō.

    Etymology 3

    From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0.

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englisho
      • borrowedOld Frenchoh
        • inheritedLatinō
    • derivedEnglisho “The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.”

    Words built on it: oh so, -o, oh for

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