prefix
Meaning 1
Outside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: out-, ex-, exo-
Antonyms: in-, intra-, en-/em-/im-, end-/endo-/ento-
Standard Lemma guide
ecto-
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɛktoʊ-/
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prefix
Meaning 2
Ghost-related.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- ecto-blaster, ectometer
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ecto-.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1éntos Proto-Hellenic *entós Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós)der. English ecto- From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”). Sense 2 ("ghost-related") is a reinterpretation of this prefix in the word ectoplasm (“paranormal substance believed to be involved in the materialization of the dead”), for the etymology of which see there.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: ecto- — Translations
- Finnish: ekto- — Translations
- French: ecto- — Translations
- German: ekto- — Translations
- Greek: εκτο- (ekto-) — Translations
- Italian: ècto- — Translations
- Polish: ekto- — Translations
- Portuguese: ecto- — Translations
- Spanish: ecto- — Translations