Affixes: Index of letter E

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Index of letter E

e-¹	Electronic communications.
e-²	See ex-¹
-ean	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
ec-	See ex-²
echin(o)-	Spiny.
eco-	Ecology; the natural environment.
ecto-	Outer; external; on the outside.
-ectomy	Surgical removal of all or part of a specified organ.
-ed¹	Having; possessing; affected by; characteristic of.
-ed²	Forming the past tense and past participles of regular (weak) verbs.
-ee	Forming nouns from verbs.
-een	Forming diminutive nouns.
-eer	Forming nouns and verbs.
ef-	See ex-¹
eicos-	See icos-
eigen-	Proper; characteristic.
-ein	See -ine³
eka-	Unknown elements.
-el	See -le¹
elast(o)-	Elastic.
electr(o)-	Relating to, caused by, or connected with electricity.
-ella	Genera of bacteria and algae.
-elle	Forming nouns.
-ellum	Forming nouns.
em-	See en-¹ and en-²
embryo-	An embryo.
-eme	Linguistic units that are in systemic contrast with one other.
-emia	See -aemia
-emic	See -eme or -aemia
en-¹	Forming verbs.
en-²	Within; inside.
-en¹	Forming verbs from nouns and adjectives.
-en²	Forming adjectives from nouns.
-en³	Forming past participles of strong verbs.
-en⁴	Forming noun plurals.
-en⁵	Forming diminutives of nouns.
enantio-	Opposite, opposing.
-ence	See -ance
encephalo-	The brain.
-enchyma	Cellular tissue.
-ency	See -cy and -ance
-end	Forming nouns.
end(o)-	Internal; within.
-endum	See -end
-ene¹	Hydrocarbons.
-ene²	An inhabitant.
-enne	Nouns denoting females.
ennea-	Nine.
-ennium	A period of years.
eno-	See oeno-
-ent	See -ant
ent-	See ento-
enter(o)-	The intestine.
ent(o)-	Within; inside.
entom(o)-	An insect or insects.
eo-	Early, primeval.
-eous	See -ous
ep(i)-	Upon; above; in addition.
equi-	Equal; equally.
-er¹	Forming nouns.
-er²	Forming the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.
-er³	Colloquial or humorous nouns and adjectives.
-er⁴	Forming verbs.
-erati	See -ati
-erel	See -rel
-ergic	Involving, releasing, or mimicking a specified substance as a neurotransmitter.
ergo-	Work; energy.
-erie	See -ery
-eroo	An informal and often humorous intensifier of nouns.
erot(o)-	Sexual desire or excitement.
-ers	See -er³
-ery	Forming nouns.
erythro-	Redness.
-es	See -s¹
-esce	Forming verbs, often denoting the initiation of an action.
-ese	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-esis	Nouns of action or process.
esophago-	See oesophago-
-esque	In the style of; resembling.
-ess	Forming nouns denoting the female gender.
-est¹	Forming the superlatives of some adjectives and adverbs.
-est²	Forming the second person singular of verbs.
-et	Forming nouns, originally diminutives.
-eteria	See -teria
eth-	A two-carbon chain of atoms.
-eth¹	See -th¹
-eth²	Forming the third person singular of the present tense of verbs.
ethno-	A nation, people, or culture.
ethox(y)-	The ethoxyl radical.
-etic	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-etidine	See -idine
-ette	Forming nouns.
eu-	Well; easily.
Eur(o)-	European; Europe or European plus another country; Europe; the European Union.
eury-	A wide variety or range of something.
ex-¹	Out; upward; thoroughly; removal or release; former.
ex-²	Out
exa-	In units of measurement, a factor of 10¹⁸.
exbi-	see the entry Words for multiples.
exo-	External; from outside.
extra-	Outside; beyond.
extro-	Outwards.
-ey	See -y¹

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