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apo-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)bor. English apo- From the Ancient Greek prefix ἀπό- (apó-), from the preposition ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), whence the English words off and of, and ab- (via Latin). Doublet of ab- and off-.

  1. derived from *h₂epo✻

Definitions

  1. Lacking, without, scant.

    • aponeurosis
    • apomeiosis
    • apogamy

  2. Away from, outward, or apart in direction.

    • apocentromeric
    • apheliotropic
    • apophlegmatic

  3. From, coming from.

    • apology
    • apocrypha
    • apodeme
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Distant, far from, or apart in position.

      • apophyte
      • apomecometry

    2. To carry forth, to do.

      • approportionate
      • apoplexy
      • apotheosis

The neighborhood

  • synonymout-away from
  • synonymoff-away from
  • synonymab-away from
  • synonymde-away from
  • synonymawayaway from
  • synonymoffaway from

Derived

apoaequorin, apocalmodulin, apoceruloplasmin, apoferment, apoflavodoxin, apoflavoprotein, apoform, apohemoglobin, apohemoprotein, apohydrogenase, apoinducer, apolipophorin, apolipoprotein, apomnemiopsin, apomucin, apophytochrome, apoprotein, aporeceptor, aporepressor, aposiderophore, apostructure, apotarget, apotransferrin, apotyrosinase, apheliotropic, Apocalypse, apocentromeric, apochromat, apocolpial, apocolpium, apocrine, apocyte, apocytosis, apohyal, apomorphism, apophlegmatic, apophysis, apopyle, aposematic, aposome · +49 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apo-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA