-o-

Morpheme

-o-

Type

connecting vowel

Denotation

Ancient Greek connecting vowel

Etymology

Ancient Greek -o-

Evidence

apotheosis, biography, cardiogram, cosmonaut, geology, hydrogen, monomer, morphology, -oid, orthography, rhinorrhea

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

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