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English

e-

/ɛ-/
Used to form terms with the sense of something being absent, being removed, or moving outward.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Latin ē-.

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of electronic.

    Etymology 3

    Abbreviation of emergency.

    Etymology 4

    Abbreviation of electric or electrical.

    Etymology 5

    Abbreviation of embedded.

    Etymology 6

    Abbreviation of educational.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • derivedEnglishelectronic “Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.”
      • partEnglishelectron “The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in …”
        • partEnglishion “An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a …”
      • partEnglish-ic “Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ik
    • derivedEnglisheducational “Of, or relating to education.”
      • partEnglisheducation “The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.”
        • derivedLatinēducātiō
          • partLatinēducō “lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”
          • partLatin-tiō “-tion”
      • partEnglish-al “Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adject…”
        • inheritedMiddle English-al
          • borrowedOld French-al
          • borrowedOld French-el
          • borrowedLatin-ālis “-al”
        • derivedEnglishaldehyde “Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attac…”
          • borrowedGermanAldehyd
    • derivedLatinex- “out of”
      • derivedLatinex “out”
        • inheritedProto-Italic*eks
        • derivedLate Latincambiō “I exchange”
        • derivedMedieval Latinwardare
        • derivedAncient Greekαὔρα “breath”
        • derivedMiddle English-ing
        • derivedFrenchlancer “to dart, throw”
      • derivedAncient Greekτῦφος “fever”
        • derivedProto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ- “plug, peg, wedge”
      • derivedLate Latincappa “cape, cloak”
        • derivedLatincapitulāre
      • derivedOld Frenchcoche “notch”
      • derivedFrankish*friþu “security, peace”
        • derivedProto-Germanic*friþuz “peace”
      • derivedFrenchexpatrier
      • derivedProto-Indo-European*(s)ker- “to cut; shorten; skimp”
      • derivedProto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ- “to straighten”
      • derivedVulgar Latin*catafalcum “viewing stage”
        • derivedAncient Greekκᾰτᾰ- “down”
      • derivedProto-Indo-European*káput “head”
        • derivedProto-Indo-European*kap- “to take, grasp, hold”
      • derivedGerman-ine
    • derivedEnglishelectric “Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.”
      • borrowedNew Latinēlectricus
        • partLatinēlectrum
        • partLatin-icus “-y, -ic”
    • derivedEnglishemergency “A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.”
      • borrowedLatinemergens
        • partLatinēmergō “to rise up or out”
        • partLatin-ēns
          • derivedLatin-ns
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-onts
    • derivedEnglishembedded “Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.”
      • partEnglishembed “To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.”
        • partEnglishen- “in, into”
          • inheritedMiddle Englishen-
            • borrowedOld Frenchen- “to cause to be”
        • partEnglishbed “A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.”
          • inheritedMiddle Englishbed
            • inheritedOld Englishbedd
      • partEnglish-ed “Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any pa…”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ed
          • inheritedOld English-ed
          • derivedLatincōnfūsus
          • inheritedOld English-od
        • inheritedMiddle English-ede
          • inheritedOld English-ode

    Meanings

    prefix
    1. Used to form terms with the sense of something being absent, being removed, or moving outward.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: e-