Etymology

e-

Today it means: Used to form terms with the sense of something being absent, being removed, or moving outward. Full definition →

Latin ex- ← Proto-Italic *eks ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
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e- · prefix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. English todaye-

From Latin ē-.

e- · prefix2

  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  8. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  9. Englishion
  10. Englishelectron
  11. Englishelectronic
  12. English todaye-

Abbreviation of electronic.

e- · prefix3

  1. Latinēmergō
  2. Latinemergens
  3. Englishemergency
  4. English todaye-

Abbreviation of emergency.

e- · prefix4

  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. English todaye-

Abbreviation of electric or electrical.

e- · prefix5

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishem-
  8. Proto-Germanic*badją
  9. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  10. Old Englishbedd
  11. Middle Englishbed
  12. Englishbed
  13. Englishembed
  14. Englishembedded
  15. English todaye-

Abbreviation of embedded.

e- · prefix6

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  8. Proto-Italic*doukō
  9. Latindūcō
  10. Latindux
  11. Latinēducō
  12. Latinēducātiō
  13. Englisheducation
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englisheducational
  17. English todaye-

Abbreviation of educational.

Words from the same roots

Latinē- all →

escalatorelongate

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