Io in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Io

You can make 2 words from 'io' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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2 letters words from 'io'

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Definitions and meaning of io

io

Etymology 1

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ, “Io”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəʊ/

Noun

io (plural ios)

1. A type of moth, the io moth.

Etymology 2

From Latin iō; compare Ancient Greek ἰώ (iṓ, “oh!”).

Interjection

io

1. (rare) An exclamation of joy or triumph.

Anagrams

• -oi, OI, Oi, oi, oi!

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• eu, iou

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Romanian eu.

Pronoun

io

1. (first-person singular pronoun) I
2. me

Related terms

• mini/mine
• mi
• (a) njeu/(a) meu

See also

• tu, tini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

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Chuukese

Pronoun

io

1. who

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• iö

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin io, from Ancient Greek ἰώ (iṓ). Doublet of jo.

Interjection

io

1. (dated) io (exclamation of triumph)

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “io”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

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Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -o (correlative suffix of objects).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈio/
• Hyphenation: i‧o
• Rhymes: -io
• Audio:

Pronoun

io (plural ioj, accusative singular ion, accusative plural iojn)

1. something (indeterminate correlative of objects)

Derived terms

• io ajn (“anything”)

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/

Pronoun

io

1. I

   Io te ama.

   I love you.

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Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo (compare Romanian eu and Italian io); from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

io (first-person singular, plural noi)

1. I

Declension

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Italian

Alternative forms

• jo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Italian eo, from Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego (“I”), from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Catalan jo and Spanish yo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/, [ˈiːo], (in fast speech) [ˈio̯]
• Hyphenation: ì‧o

Pronoun

io (personal, first person, possessive mio)

1. I, the first person

See also

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Japanese

Romanization

io

1. Rōmaji transcription of いお

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Latin

Etymology

Echoic; compare Greek ἰώ (iṓ), or English yo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/, [ˈiː.ɔ]

Interjection

iō

1. An exclamation of joy or pain, or for getting one's attention.

References

• io in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• io in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• io in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• io in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• io in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• io in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ijo, ieo, je, j', i'

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego. Compare Italian io.

Pronoun

io

1. I, the first-person singular nominative pronoun

Coordinate terms

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz.

Adverb

io

1. always, every time, continuously
2. ever, at some point, sometime

Alternative forms

• ie

Further reading

• “ie”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old English ā, Old Saxon eo, Old Norse ei, Old Dutch ēwa, io.

Adverb

io

1. always

Source: wiktionary.org

• a cry of joy.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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