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po

Pronunciation: [²ˈpoː]

“po” is a Lithuanian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. under, beneath (movement, position)
  2. beside, near, along (movement, position)
  3. expresses the direction of movement
  4. after, following a certain time period, event; after the disappearance or loss of
  5. expresses gradual progression; one after another
  6. until, up to a certain time
  7. around, throughout the whole of
  8. used to express division into equal parts
  9. expresses the manner of an action

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa (“after, by”) (compare Latvian pa, pa-, Old Prussian po (“after, by, under”), Proto-Slavic *po (“after, by, at”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, *h₂epó (“away, from”). Other cognates include Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu, “from”), Sanskrit अप (ápa, “away, off”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (a-p /⁠apa⁠/, “away”), Latin ab (“from”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of”). See pa-, pó- for more.

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