Ex

Morpheme

Ex

Type

bound base

Denotation

out of, up, away, outside, throughout, former, lacking, thoroughly, completed

Etymology

Latin ex; sometimes Ancient Greek ex

Evidence

excaudate, excite, except, exclude, exclusion, exit, exorcise, expression, exterior, exteriority, exteriorization, exteriorize, exteriorly, exteriorness, exteriors, extract

Notes

usual form, often misanalyzed as a prefix, sometimes hyphenated, cognate of Ancient Greek Ex

See Also

e-, ec-, ef-, es-, a-, Extern, -ter

Homographs

Ex, Ex, -ex