Definitions
Preposition showing relation, belonging, origin, material, or part of something.
Word origin
From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.
Used in a sentence
“Take the chicken out of the freezer.”
“Against headache, vertigo, vapours which ascend forth of the stomach to molest the head, read Hercules de Saxonia and others.”
“He hasn't been well of late.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer14 curated clues
01“Belonging with”2 letters
02“Belonging with, in grammar”2 letters
03“Connected with”2 letters
04“From among”2 letters
05“From or belonging to”2 letters
06“Linked to”2 letters
07“Part belonging to”2 letters
08“Partitive connector”2 letters
09“Partitive preposition”2 letters
10“Partitive word”2 letters
11“Possessive preposition”2 letters
12“Word before "course"”2 letters
13“Word in "kind __"”2 letters
14“Belonging to”2 letters
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