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onto-
onto-(word root) beingExamples of words with the root onto-: ontogenyonto- or ont-pref.1. Existence; being: ontology.2. Organism: ontogeny. [Late Greek, from Greek ōn, ont-, present participle of einai, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]onto- combining form existence or being: ontogeny; ontology. [from Late Greek, from ōn (stem ont-) being, present participle of einai to be]on•to (ˈɒn tu, ˈɔn-; unstressed ˈɒn tə, ˈɔn-) prep. 1. to a place or position on; upon; on. 2. Informal. aware of the true nature, motive, or meaning of: I'm onto your tricks. adj. 3. Math. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is the entire second set. [1575–85] onto- a combining form meaning “being”: ontogeny. [< New Latin < Greek] onto-
onto- or ont-pref. Organism; being: ontogeny. |