ex-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ex-1 (also e-; ef- before f)
▶prefix
- 1 out: exclude.
- 2 upward: extol.
- 3 thoroughly: excruciate.
- 4 denoting removal or release: excommunicate.
- 5 forming verbs which denote inducement of a state: exasperate.
- 6 denoting a former state: ex-husband.
– origin from L. ex ‘out of’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ex-2
▶prefix out: exodus.
– origin from Gk ex ‘out of’.
'ex-' also found in these Oxford entries:
a-
- Apex
- assart
- astonish
- award
- deus ex machina
- e-
- edict
- ef-
- efface
- effloresce
- effort
- effrontery
- egregious
- eject
- erode
- eructation
- escape
- escheat
- escort
- evacuate
- evade
- evaluate
- evaporate
- evert
- evident
- eviscerate
- evoke
- evolve
- ex
- ex
- Ex.
- exalt
- ex ante
- exanthema
- exarch
- ex cathedra
- exceed
- excel
- excelsior
- exclaim
- exclave
- exclude
- excogitate
- excommunicate
- ex-con
- excoriate
- exculpate
