ex- / e- / ef-
out, out of, from; former
Latin · ex; e
Latin ex means out or from. It turns to e- before some consonants (emerge, eject) and ef- before f (effect). In ex-captain, it means former.
Memory trick
ex- is an exit sign: things go out through it.
Words from this root
- exit (ex + it) — a way outनिकास
- export (ex + port) — to send goods out of a countryनिर्यात करना
- extract (ex + tract) — to pull outनिकालना
- expand (ex + pand) — to spread out, growफैलाना, बढ़ना
- express (ex + press) — to press out in wordsव्यक्त करना
- exclude (ex + clude) — to shut outबाहर रखना
- exhale (ex + hale) — to breathe outसाँस छोड़ना
- evaporate (e + vapor + ate) — to turn into vapour and leaveवाष्पित होना
- emerge (e + merge) — to come out into viewउभरना
- eject (e + ject) — to throw outबाहर निकालना
- effect (ef + fect) — a result brought out by actionअसर
- expire (ex + pire) — to breathe out, to end (like a date)समाप्त होना