ex-1
- a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes meaning “not” or “without” or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formative: exstipulate; exterritorial; ex-president (former president); ex-member; ex-wife.
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Origin of ex-1
< Latin, combining form of ex, ē (preposition) out (of), from, beyond
ex-2
- variant of exo-.
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ex-3
- a prefix identical in meaning with ex- 1, occurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis.
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Also ec-.
Origin of ex-3
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previouspastsometimeoldonceearlyprecedingearlierlatepriorrecentdepartederstwhileretiringlastdepartinglatterancientbygoneoverex-1
- out of; outside of; fromexclosure; exurbia
- formerex-wife
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Word Origin
from Latin, from ex (prep), identical in meaning and origin with Greek ex, ek; see ec-
ex-2
- a variant of exo- exergonic
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Word Origin and History for ex-
word-forming element, in English meaning mainly "out of, from," but also "upwards, completely, deprive of, without," and "former;" from Latin ex "out of, from within," from PIE *eghs "out" (cf. Gaulish ex-, Old Irish ess-, Old Church Slavonic izu, Russian iz). In some cases also from Greek cognate ex, ek. PIE *eghs had comparative form *eks-tero and superlative *eks-t(e)r-emo-.
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ex-
- Outside; out of; away from:excementosis.
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