or-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

English

Etymology

From Middle English or-, from Old English or- (“or-”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀ-, *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with West Frisian oar-, Dutch oor-/oer-, German ur-, Gothic 𐌿𐍃- (us-). Identical with Old English ā- (“a-”), and the German borrowing English ur-. More at a-.

Prefix

or-

1. (no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without.

   ordalian, ordeal, orlay, ort

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with or-

References

• “or-”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• r/o, Ro, R&O, RO

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ur-, or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.

Prefix

or-

1. A prefix with a variety of meanings, but originally meaning "out" or "original".

Derived terms

Category Middle Dutch terms prefixed with or- not found

Old English

Alternative forms

• a-, ā-, ur-, ǣ-

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from unstressed Proto-Indo-European *uss-, from *uds- (“up, out”). Cognate with Old High German ur-, ir-, ar-, er-. More at out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈor/

Prefix

or-

1. original
2. former
3. ex-, out of
4. without, lacking
5. causing deprivation, privative

Derived terms

• oreald
• orwēne (“without hope, hopeless”)

Old English terms prefixed with or-

Descendants

• Middle English: or-
  • English: or-

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔr/

Prefix

or-

1. Soft mutation of gor-.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gor-	or-	ngor-	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.