ot-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"

English

Alternative forms

• oto-

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws

Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs)

Ancient Greek ὠτ- (ōt-)der.

English ot-

From ὠτ- (ōt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ōt, IPA^(key): /əʊt/
• Homophone: oat
• (US) enPR: ōt, IPA^(key): /oʊt/

Prefix

ot-

1. ear

Synonyms

• aur- (Latinate equivalent)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with ot-

otoacariasis

otacoustic

otocadherin

otocyst

otitis

otolith

otology

otoneurologic

oto-

otoccipital

otapostasis

parotid

otopathy

otoplasty

otorrhea

otoscopy

ototoxic

ototoxicity

ototoxin

Related terms

• otoconial
• otoconium
• otocony

See also

• auriculo-

References

• “Oto-” listed on page 233 of volume VII (O, P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
    Oto-, before a vowel ot-, a. Gr. ὠτο-, combining form of οὖς, ὠτ- ear, an element of medical and other scientific words, the more important of which appear in their alphabetical places. [¶; 28 derived terms, viz. otocatarrh, otoconia, otokonies, otoconial, otoconite, otocrane, otocranial, otocranic, otocyst, otocystic, otodynia, otodynic, otography, otographical, otomorphology, otomycosis, otopathy, otopathic, otophone, otoplasty, otoplastic, otopyosis, otorrhœa, otorrhœal, otorrhoic, otosalpinx, otosteal, ototomy; ¶; 20 quots.: 1855, 1881, 1842, 1854, 1872, 1857, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1836–9, 1900, 1877, 1839, 1888, 1818–20, 1878, 1877, 1857, 1854, 1868]
• “oto-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “oto-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2004]

Anagrams

• T.O., TO, To, to, to-

Aka-Bea

Prefix

ot-

1. prefix attached to words relating to the head or heart

Basque

Prefix

ot-

1. alternative form of o- (combining form of ogi (“bread”))

Usage notes

• Used when the following element of the compound starts with a vowel, /s̺/ or /s̻/.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"

Kari'na

Alternative forms

• at-, os-, as-, o-, e-, ai-, ò- (allomorphs)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôte-; cognate to Apalaí ot-, Trió ët-, Wayana ët-, Hixkaryana os-, Waiwai et-, Akawaio è-, s-, Macushi es-, Pemon es-, Ye'kwana öt-.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ot-]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [od-]

Prefix

ot-

1. Converts a transitive verb into an intransitive verb with an agent-like argument, variously with reflexive, reciprocal, or passive meaning.

Usage notes

This prefix takes the following forms:

• ot- when stressed before a u and sometimes before o or a
• at- when unstressed before a u and sometimes before o or a
• os- when stressed sometimes before an e, o, or a
• as- when unstressed sometimes before an e, o, or a
• o- usually before an e, in which case the e itself is lost and the prefix is always stressed; some verbs with e take both an o- variant and an os-/as- variant, with different meanings
• e- before an i or y, and sometimes before a consonant
• ai- sometimes before a consonant
• ò- sometimes before a consonant

Some verbs beginning with a consonant can show variation between all three of the last options.

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 76–77, 243

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ-.

Prefix

ot-

1. a prefix, usually indicating movement away, detachment or separation

Derived terms

Old Czech terms prefixed with ot-

otemknúti

otevřieti

Descendants

• Czech: od-

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔt/

Prefix

ot-

1. alternative form of od-

Derived terms

Old Polish terms prefixed with ot-

otkładać

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ot-]

Prefix

ot-

1. allomorph of öt- (detransitivizing prefix).