ontology
/ɒnˈtɒlədʒi/on-TO-luh-jee
/ɑnˈtɑlədʒi/ahn-TAH-luh-jee
Meaningthe study of being
Common meaning: the study of being
- ontbeing, that which isLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 21 · scan
- ologystudy of (Greek -logia)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ὤν ‘being, that which is’.
Roots
- ὤν, ὄντος Greek “being, that which is”
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