Where does “ex-” come from?

ex- (Finnish) comes from English ex-, from Middle English ex- — privation.

ex- (Finnish): ex- former

Definitions

  1. ex- former

Ancestry of “ex-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishex-out of; outside; former, but still living
2Middle Englishex-privation

Words derived from “ex-”

Every word from Middle English ex- →Every word from English ex- →