prefix
Meaning 1
Expressing negation; not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Standard Lemma guide
im-
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prefix
Meaning 2
Alternative form of the prefix em-, itself variant of en-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- From Latin im-, assimilated form of in- used before b-/p-/m-.
From em-, from Old French em-. Also from later Middle French im-, partly by confusion with im- of Latin origin (on which see above).