Ex

Morpheme

Ex

Type

bound base

Denotation

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

Etymology

Latin ex

Evidence

excaudate, except, excite, exclude, exclusion, exit, exorcise, expression, exterior, exteriority, exteriorization, exteriorize, exteriorly, exteriorness, exteriors, extract, extrema, extremal, extreme, extremeness, extremer, extremes, extremest, extremism, extremist, extremity, extremization, extremize, extremophile, extremotolerant, extremum, nonextreme, overextreme, superextreme, unextreme

Notes

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

See Also

e-, ec-, ef-, es-, a-, Extern, -t(e)r [-ter, -tr], -eme

Homographs

Ex, Ex, -ex