-o-

Morpheme

-o-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Ancient Greek connecting vowel

Etymology

Ancient Greek -o-

Evidence

aeroport, apotheosis, biography, biology, caffeoyl, carcinogenic, cardiogram, cosmonaut, cupulolithiasis, democracy, electrodermal, ethanoyl, Francophone, gemmoid, geology, geography, hydrogen, hygrometer, isotopometry, Japanophile, keratinocyte, lactometer, methanoyl, midodrine, monomer, morphology, musicologist, neuropathy, nicotinoyl, octodrine, -ograph, -oid, -ology, -ometer, orthography, -oyl, phenomenon, pteroyl, pyranoflavonol, rhinorrhea, saxophone, silvology, toxology, typographic, urogenital, uvulopalatal, vaccinophobe, virgatotome, weirdometer, xylanolytic, Yankophile, zoological

Notes

connecting vowels do not cause doubling but do replace a replaceable <e>

See Also

-e-, -i-, -u-

Homographs

-o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o, -o

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