os-

Morpheme

os-

Type

prefix

Denotation

toward, to, against, before, near, across, down, in the direction of, in front of, before, at, upon, about in the way of with regard to, because of; sometimes merely intensive

Etymology

assimilated form of Latin ob

Evidence

oscine, ostensible, ostensibly, ostensive, ostentation

See Also

ob-

Homographs

Os