Meanings
prefix
Origin
- Ancient Greekχάος“chasm, void, empty space”
- Englishchao-
Combining form from chaos. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”).
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APA
chao-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chao-
MLA
“chao-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chao-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chao-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chao-.
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