The time is 10 o' clock. What is the meaning of "o" & what it indicates?

Answer 1

o'clock means "of the clock" I do not know where it originated from, but in the sixth grade spelling book, when kids have to tell what abbreviations mean... the book says--- "of the clock"

Answer 2

O'clock
The original form of this expression--now the usual way of expressing time--was "of the clock".
Various shorter substitutes are found over the years for "of the clock". In the fifteenth century both "of clock" and "a clock" were in use; in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries both "at clock " and simply "clock" ("three clock") are found.
Our standard form "o'clock" is first attested in the early eighteenth century; the use of " o' "as an abbreviation for " of " found since the Middle Ages and still used in such other set expressions as "Jack o' lantern" and "will-o'-the-wisp".
During most of its history, these forms were usually used with names of whole numbers only--"three o'clock," not "three thirty o'clock." Indication of day or night was done by specifying "six o'clock at night.

Answer 3

of the.

Ten of the clock

Answer 4

Well, when one makes the statement, 10 o' clock, you say "It's ten-O-MY-GOD!, it's ten o'clock!, I was supposed to be at work an hour ago! ...O' SH_T!, I'm late! Oh @#$%!, not again! =PandaPaw=

Answer 5

it's an abbreviation for "of the" so to write it out would be

10 of the clock

Answer 6

follow the link

Answer 7

"O" is of the clock ,older english

Answer 8

ten OF THE clock.

Answer 9

it's "ten of the clock>" olde english way of speaking.it is NOT the same as irish "o'connor","o'brian",etc.the irish "O" means "son of" so,o'brian originally meant,son of brian.the irish/scottish "Mac" means "grandson of."

Answer 10

o= of the clock
comes from the old language