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

  1. prefix indicating away, moving away from

Ancestry of “é-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenches-indicates movement away or separation; variant of...
2Latinēx-out, away
3Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “é-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Old French es- →