-o-

Morpheme

-o-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Ancient Greek connecting vowel

Etymology

Ancient Greek -o-

Evidence

aeroport, apotheosis, biography, biology, caffeoyl, carcinogenic, cardiogram, cosmonaut, democracy, electrodermal, ethanoyl, Francophone, 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, 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

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