Ur

Ur is defined as original.

(prefix)

  1. An example of ur used as a prefix is ur-civilization, the beginning of a civilization.
  2. An example of ur used as a prefix is in the word urlanguage, meaning the original language.

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See Ur in Webster's New World College Dictionary

ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates River, in what is now S Iraq

or Ur-

original, primitive

Origin: Ger: akin to Goth us, ON ōr, out of, from, OE or-, early

uro-: used before a vowel

uro-: used before a vowel

See Ur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace of Abraham. The city declined after the sixth century B.C.

prefix
Variant of uro-1.

prefix
Variant of uro-2.

prefix
Original; prototypical: ur-feminist; ur-language.

Origin:

Origin: From German ur-, original; see Ursprache

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