εκ-
Greek
Alternative forms
- εξ- (ex-) (before vowels)
Etymology
From preposition of Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek, “from”).
Prefix
εκ- • (ek-)
- de- (expresses substraction, removal)
- εκ- (ek-) + θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”) → εκθρονίζω (ekthronízo, “dethrone”)
- outside, outside the limits of
- εκ- (ek-) + προθεσμία (prothesmía, “deadline”) → εκπρόθεσμος (ekpróthesmos, “overdue”)
- (in verbs: expresses the transformation into what the verb means)
- (for emphasis)
- εκ- (ek-) + τυφλώνω (tyflóno, “I blind”) → εκτυφλωτικός (ektyflotikós, “blinding, exceptional”)
- (as privative)
- εκ- (ek-) + ρυθμός (rythmós, “rhythm”) → έκρυθμος (ékrythmos, “degraded, disorderly”)
Derived terms
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See also
- ξε- (xe-, “prefix expressing undoing”)
Further reading
- "εκ-" in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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