EPI-, EP-, EPH- (Gr.), on, as _epi_taph; during, as _ep_och, _eph_emeral.
[Gr. _epi_; Sans. _api_, L. _ob-_.]
ES- (Fr. or Sp.--L.), out, as _es_cape, _es_planade. [O. Fr. or Sp.
_es_--L. _ex-_.]
ESO- (Gr.), in, into, as _eso_teric. [From Gr. _eis_, into, whose form was
prob. orig. _ens_, a strengthened form of EN- (Gr.).]
EU- (Gr.), well, as _eu_phony, _eu_logy; as EV- in _ev_angelist. [Gr. _eu_,
_eus_, good, for an assumed _es-us_, real.]
EX- or E- (L.), from, out of, as _ex_pel, _e_ject, _ef_flux; by
assimilation, appearing as A-, E-, EF-, ES-, EX-, ISS-, S-, as _a_mend,
_e_normous, _ef_fect, _es_cape, _ex_tend, _iss_ue, _s_ample. It is French
influence which has disguised it in such words as _affray_, _amend_,
_escape_, _escheat_, _essay_, &c.--EX- has a privative sense in
_ex-_emperor, _ex-_mayor. [L. _ex-_, _e-_; O. Fr. _es-_, Fr. _é-_, _ex_.]
EX-, out of, as in _ex_odus.--EXO-, outside, as _exo_tic. [Gr. _ex_, out
of, _ex[=o]_, outside.]
EXTRA- (L.), on the outside, beyond, as _extra_mural, _extra_ordinary,
_extra-_work; as STRA- in _stra_nge. [Contr. of _exter[=a]_ (_parte_ being
understood), abl. fem. of _exterus_, beyond, a comp. form, from _Ex-_
(L.).]