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Ancient Greek word root · Prefixes

ec-: out of

ec- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “out of”. Learn its variants and explore 0 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: out of

Root forms: ec-, ex-, ek-

Source word: ἐκ — Out of, from

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