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onto- definition

onto- (än′tō, -tə)

  1. being, existence ontology
  2. organism ontogeny
Also, before a vowel, ont-

Etymology: < Gr ōn (gen. ontos), prp. of einai, to be < IE base *es- > is

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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