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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:
< Neo-Latin < Greek ont- (stem of ón, neuter present participle of eînai to be) + -o- -o-

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onto-

—*combining form*
	existence or being: ontogeny; ontology

[from Late Greek, from ōn (stem ont-) being, present participle of einai to be]

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onto- or ont-
pref.
Organism; being: ontogeny.

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