ve-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ve"
Czech
Prefix
ve-
- alternative form of v-
Usage notes
- Used in front of double consonant.
Derived terms
Further reading
- v-/ve- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Latin
Alternative forms
- vae-
Etymology
There is some disagreement on origin of this prefix:
- From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“out, away”). Compare Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (áva), Old Irish úa (“from, of”).[1]
- From Proto-Italic *s(w)ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), whence also Latin sē- (“separately; without”), sē (“oneself”), sed (“but”).[2]
- By reanalysis of the contracted form of vehemēns (“very eager, furious”), vēmēns, as vē- and mēns (“mind”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː]
Prefix
vē-
- Used to indicate a fault of excess or deficiency, too much, too little
Derived terms
References
- ^ “vē-”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vē-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 656-7