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oxo-

prefix
/ɒk.sə(ʊ)/UK/ɑk.soʊ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English oxo- From oxygen + -o-.

  1. derived from -o- English oxo- From oxygen + -o-
  2. derived from -o-bor
  3. derived from oxygènebor
  4. derived from *h₂eḱ-der✻

Definitions

  1. Oxygen.

  2. Having a methylene group replaced by a carbonyl group.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oxo-. 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