ec-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ec"

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek/, [ɛk]
• (modern Italianate 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-

1. 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 282

Etymology 2

See ex-.

Prefix

ec-

1. Alternative form of ex- (combining with f-initial words).

   ec- + ferō → ecferō