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ex-(word root) outExamples of words with the root ex-: ex-memberex-pref.1. Outside; out of; away from: exodontia.2. Not; without: excaudate.3. Former: ex-president.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin and Greek; see eghs in Indo-European roots.]ex- prefix 1. out of; outside of; from: exclosure; exurbia. 2. former: ex-wife. [from Latin, from ex (prep), identical in meaning and origin with Greek ex, ek; see ec-]
ex- combining form a variant of exo-: exergonic. ex1 (ɛks)
prep. 1. without; not including: ex dividend. 2. free of charges to the purchaser until removed from a specified place: ex warehouse. [1835–45; < Latin. See ex-1] ex2 (ɛks)
n. the letter X, x. ex3 (ɛks)
n. Informal. a former spouse; ex-wife or ex-husband. [1820–30; by shortening] ex-1 , 1. a prefix occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, meaning “out, out of, away, forth” (egregious; exclude; exhale; exit; export; extract), used also to signify that the action of a base verb has been carried to a conclusive point (effect; effete; erase; exaggerate; excite; exhaust), esp. in causative formations (evacuate; effeminate; exhilarate; expurgate) or privative formations, including adjectives (emasculate; enervate; exonerate; exsanguine). Also, before consonants other than c, f, p, q, s,and tin Latin words, e-, ef-. 2. a prefix meaning “former,” “formerly having been”: ex-member; ex-wife. [< Latin, prefixal use of ex, ē (preposition) out (of), from, beyond; (definition 2) < Late Latin, as in exconsul, based on Latin ex in the sense “from being, having formerly held (an office)”] ex-2 , var. of exo- before a vowel: exarch. ex-3 , a prefix similar in meaning to ex-1, occurring orig. in loanwords from Greek: exegesis. Also, before a consonant, ec-. [< Greek, prefixal use of ex, ek, out (of), from, beyond; compare ex-1] Ex. Exodus. ex. 1. examination. 2. examined. 3. example. 4. except. 5. exception. 6. exchange. 7. excursion. 8. executed. TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeexo-ex-
ex- word element [L.], away from; without; outside; sometimes used to denote completely.
ex(o)- word element [Gr.], outside of; outward.ex- (eks), Out of, from, away from. [L. and G. out of] ex- Prefix meaning out of, from, away from. [L. and G. out of]ex- prefix denoting outside.LegalSeeEx |