Etymograph

English

ope

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/); therefore oh + -p.

Formed from oh + -p

Latin ō

Old French oh

Middle English o ‘oh’

English oh

The story

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/); therefore oh + -p.

Another origin of ope

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*upp‘up’uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*upanaz‘open’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*opan‘open’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150open
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ope‘open’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

intj An exclamation of surprise; oops.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ope

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