ec-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ec"
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek]
Etymology 1
Related to Oscan 𐌄𐌊𐌊𐌖𐌌 (ekkum) via Proto-Italic; further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *é(y) or *h₁é + *(-)ḱe.
May be apocopated or back-formed from ecce. An old hypothesis proposed *ed-ke underlying Latin ecce (in which case, all ec- may simply be *ed-) and *ed-ke-om underlying Oscan 𐌄𐌊𐌊𐌖𐌌 (ekkum), comparing the first element of Proto-Slavic *ed-ìnъ (“one”) and *ed(ъ)-và (“only”), which would point to Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ed-, but the latter is nowadays reconstructed as *h₁edʰ- in accordance with Winter's law. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Prefix
ec-
- prefixed to interrogatives, has intensive or indefinite force
Derived terms
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) “3. e-, ei-, i-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 282 and 284 of 281–287
Etymology 2
See ex-.
Prefix
ec-