Where does “é-” come from?
é- (French) comes from Old French es-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
é- (French): prefix indicating away, moving away from
Definitions
- prefix indicating away, moving away from
Ancestry of “é-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | es- | indicates movement away or separation; variant of... |
| 2 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |