What does the latin prefix on- often mean?
The meaning for 'ob' are: contrary, against, towards or in the way of, against
on account of
OB stands for Ostby and Barton
"OB" stands for Ostby & Barton
the prefix ob means against something e.g objection, obstacle, obstruction
Observe
Oh boy
"if" or "whether"Ex: Ich weiss nicht, ob ich kann. I don't know if/whether I can.
Parallel to the Olympics.
overdrive shut off
The 2014 winter olympics will be held in Sochi. Sochi is in Russia
The Latin prefix "ob" gets added to mean "in the way"for example: Ob+Pono (English opponent comes from this) means "place in the way