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The ology ending is a combination of the letter o plus logy in which the letter o is used as an interconsonantal letter which, for phonological reasons, precedes the morpheme suffix logy. [1] Logy is a suffix in the English language, used with words originally adapted from Ancient Greek ending in -λογία (-logia). [2]
In Irish, c usually represents a hard /k/, but represents /c/ before e or i, or after i. In Scottish Gaelic, broad c is one of /kʰ ʰk ʰk k/, and slender c is one of /kʰʲ ʰkʲ ʰkʲ kʲ/, depending on the phonetic environment. A number of orthographies do not make a hard/soft distinction.
chair, nature, cello tʃ K sound כ ך (transliterated as an /x/ sound ⓘ (like German CH below), because a 'ch' making a 'k' sound is from the Greek letter Chi which also makes the /x/ sound.), ק (indicates 'k' sound, only used for a direct transliteration) chaos, character, psychology k German CH
In English orthography, the letter k normally reflects the pronunciation of [] and the letter g normally is pronounced /ɡ/ or "hard" g , as in goose, gargoyle and game; /d͡ʒ/ or "soft" g , generally before i or e , as in giant, ginger and geology; or /ʒ/ in some words of French origin, such as rouge, beige and genre.
o homines ad servitutem paratos: Men ready to be slaves! attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude of Roman senators; said of those who should be leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others O tempora, o mores! Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! also translated "What times!
The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels, although I and U represent consonants in words such as "onion" and "quail" respectively. The letter Y sometimes represents a consonant (as in "young") and sometimes a vowel (as in "myth").
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os-[1]against: Latin: ob: obduracy, obdurate, obduration ...
Many loanwords are of Persian origin; see List of English words of Persian origin, with some of the latter being in turn of Arabic or Turkic origin. In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies.