apo-prefix

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀπο-.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀπο- apart, away, off, completing, ceasing from, back again, combining form of ἀπό from, away from, far from < the same Indo-European base as of prep.Compare French apo-, German apo-.

Representing Greek ἀπο- off, from, away; quite.

1. In compounds already formed in Greek, or others analogous to them.

2. In modern scientific words, not on Greek analogies, with sense of ‘standing off or away from each other, detached, separate,’ as apo-carpous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	apo-
释义	apo-prefix Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀπο-. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀπο- apart, away, off, completing, ceasing from, back again, combining form of ἀπό from, away from, far from < the same Indo-European base as of prep.Compare French apo-, German apo-. Representing Greek ἀπο- off, from, away; quite. 1. In compounds already formed in Greek, or others analogous to them. 2. In modern scientific words, not on Greek analogies, with sense of ‘standing off or away from each other, detached, separate,’ as apo-carpous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prefix
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