Latin

ex

‘out of, from’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin ex.

19 English words in this record descend from Latin ex, most familiar first.

• exchange ← eschaunge ← eschaunge ← eschange ← *excambiāre
• ex
• squash ← squachen ← esquacher ← *excoāctiāre
• extort ← extortus ← extorquere
• extenuating
• affray ← affraien ← afrayer ← *exfridāre
• excommunicate ← excommunicātus ← excommunicō
• enunciation ← ēnuntiātiō ← ēnūntiō ← nūntiō ← nūntius
• aventail ← aventayle ← esventail
• elaqueate ← ēlaqueō ← laqueus
• enounce ← énoncer ← ēnuntiō ← nūntiō ← nūntius
• exsufflicate

More words from ex

• exsuscitate
• exungulate
• extumescence
• excreate
• excorticate
• excarnificate
• exspoliation

Etymograph / Latin ex