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==== ob-, of- ==== | |||
* from Latin ''ob'' for "in the direction of, with regard to" | |||
* from PIE '''*epi-''' or '''*opi-''' for "near, against, across" | |||
* examples: | |||
** epicenter, ephemera, epidemic, epidermis, epigraph | |||
** obese, obey, obfuscate, obituary, object, oblate, oblique, oblivion, oblong, | |||
** also | |||
*** bishop = '''*epi''' + '''*spek-''' ("to observe") = "one who watches over" | |||
*** cover = '''*epi-''' + '''*wer-''' (shut, wrapped) | |||
* '''''of-''''' in this sense of: | |||
** offend = ''ob-'' (against) + ''fendere'' (strike) | |||
** | |||
==== of-, off- ==== | |||
* see '''''apo-''''' (away, from, off) | |||
* from PIE '''*apo-''' for "off, away" | |||
==== of-, op- ==== | ==== of-, op- ==== | ||
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* examples | * examples | ||
** official | ** official | ||
'''op-''' | |||
* ''operate, optimist, opulent, opus'' | * ''operate, optimist, opulent, opus'' | ||
* also used with '''''c-''''' or '''''co-''''', as in | * also used with '''''c-''''' or '''''co-''''', as in | ||