Where does “ex-” come from?

ex- (French) comes from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

ex- (French): out of; ex-

Definitions

  1. out of; ex-

Ancestry of “ex-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēx-out, away
2Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “ex-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →