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Words for our modern age especially English words from Latin and Greek sources.

Word Unit: ob-1 + (Latin: toward, to, before).

Word Unit: ob-2 + (Latin: against).

Word Unit: ob-3 + (Latin: across, over, upon).

Word Unit: ob-4 + (Latin: down).

Word Unit: ob-5 + (Latin: completely, totally).

Word Unit: obeso-, obes- + (Latin: fat, corpulent).

Related fat-word units: adipo-; lard; lipo-; oleo-; omento-; pimelo-; pio-; sebo-; steato-.


Word Unit: oblivio-, oblivi- + (Latin: to forget, forgetfulness).

Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; letho-.

Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.


Word Unit: obscen- + (Latin: offensive, disgusting, foul, loathsome, repulsive).

Word Unit: obscur- + (Latin: dark, dusky; indistinct, uncertain, unintelligible).

Word Unit: obsolesc-, obsolescent-, obsolet- + (Latin: to wear out, to grow old; to fall into disuse; to grow out of use).

Related "old; old age, elder" units: gero-; presbyo-; sen-; veter-.


Word Unit: obtusi- + (Latin: to blunt, dull; from ob- "against" plus tundere, "to beat, strike").

Word Unit: occult- (Latin: secret, hidden, concealed).

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "secret, hidden, confidential, concealed": ceal-; clandesti-; crypto-; myster-; orgy; stego-, stegano-.


Word Unit: Oceanic Sounds in a Realm of Silence (A noisy silence in the waters of the oceans and the seas).

Word Unit: oceano-, ocean- + (Greek > Latin: "the great river encompassing the whole earth"; hence, the "great Outward Sea" [as opposed to the "Inward" or Mediterranean]; the ocean).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "river, stream": amni-; fluvio-; meand-; potamo-; ripari-.


Word Unit: ocelli-, ocell- + (Latin: "little eye", a diminutive of oculus, "eye"; spotted, dotted; as if with tiny eyes).

Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; irido-; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; pupillo-; retino-; uveo-.


Word Unit: ochlo-, ochl- + (Greek: mob [people]).

Related "people, human" word units: anthropo-; demo-; ethno-; popu-; publi-.


Word Unit: ochro-, ochr- (Greek: the color yellow; pale, wan, or sallow).

Word Unit: ochtho-, ochth- (Greek: any elevation, bank, hill, mound).

Word Unit: octa-, octo-, oct-, octi-, octon- (Greek > Latin: eight, eighth).

Word Unit: octothorp (an explanation of what it is and where it came from).

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