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English
Etymology
From s-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
es-
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.
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Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin ex.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
- es- + fueya (“leaf”) → esfoyar (“to remove leaves from”)
- es- + guedeyu (“tuft”) → esguedeyar (“to muss”)
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See also
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
- es- + fulla (“leaf”) → esfullar (“to remove leaves from”)
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Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
- es- + corda (“tendon”) → escordar (“to sprain”)
- es- + maga (“guts”) → esmagar (“to squeeze”)
- es- + milfa (“tassel”) → esmilfar (“to fray”)
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Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Latin ex-.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ex-.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
- variant of a-
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Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ex- (“out of”).
Prefix
es-
- indicates separation
- es- + coger → escoger
- indicates removal or elimination
- es- + pulga → espulgar
- indicates intensification
- es- + forzar → esforzar
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Further reading
Welsh
Etymology
See ech-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
es-
- out, ex-
- Synonyms: all-, ech-
- es- + plygu (“fold”) → esblygu (“evolve”)
Usage notes
This element also appears in words borrowed from Latin, such as esbonio (“explain”), estron (“foreign”), and estyn (“extend”), where it corresponds to Latin ex-.
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “es-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (15)