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or

Pronunciation: /oːr/

“or” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. origin, beginning
  2. front, vanguard

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ōzą, *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).

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