ec-
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek/, [ɛk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek/, [ek]
Etymology 1
Uncertain. May be from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
Another hypothesis proposes an underlying form *ed- and compares the first element of Proto-Slavic *ed-ìnъ (“one”) and *ed(ъ)-và (“only”), supposing a common origin in Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ed-, but this element is nowadays reconstructed as *h₁edʰ- in accordance with Winter's law. Confer Oscan ekkum (“idem”).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Prefix
ec-
- prefixed to interrogatives, has intensive or indefinite force
- ec- + -ce → ecce
- ec- + quandō → ecquandō
- ec- + quis → ecquis
Derived terms
Latin terms prefixed with ec-
References
- “ec-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ec-” on page 584/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 281
Etymology 2
See ex-.
Prefix
ec-
- Alternative form of ex- (combining with f-initial words).
- ec- + ferō → ecferō