Standard Lemma guide

even-

prefix · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prefix

Meaning 1

Even in number, not odd.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • even-toed, even-numbered, Even-even nucleus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prefix

Meaning 2

Uniform, evenly in quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, morpheme

Examples

  • even-down, even-tempered, even-toned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”); same as Old English efn (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Dutch even-, Old High German eban- (“even-”).