es-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "es"
English
Etymology
From s-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs/
Prefix
es-
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with es-
Anagrams
- -se, SE, Se., se, se.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.
Prefix
es-
- indicates movement away or separation
- es- + fulla (“leaf”) → esfullar (“to remove leaves from”)
Derived terms
Catalan terms prefixed with es-
Further reading
- “es-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “es-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “es-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
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”)
Derived terms
Galician terms prefixed with es-
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], 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-
Derived terms
Old French terms prefixed with es-
Descendants
- French: é-
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ex- (“out of”).
Prefix
es-
- indicates separation
- es- + coger → escoger
- indicates removal or elimination
- es- + pulga → espulgar
- indicates intensification
- es- + forzar → esforzar
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with es-
Further reading
- “es-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Alternative forms
- ech-
Etymology
See ech-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs/
Prefix
es-
- out, ex-
- es- + plygu (“fold”) → esblygu (“evolve”)
- Synonyms: all-, ech-
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
- Welsh terms prefixed with es-
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| es- | unchanged | unchanged | hes- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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)