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onto-

 
a combining form meaning “being,” used in the formation of compound words: ontogeny.
Also, especially before a vowel, ont-.

Origin:
< NL < Gk ont- (s. of ón, neut. prp. of eînai to be) + -o- -o-
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ont-  
pref.  Variant of onto-.
onto- 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.]
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onto- or ont-
pref.
Organism; being: ontogeny.

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