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ἐκ

Pronunciation: /ek/

“ἐκ” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 15 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. Out of, from
  2. from, with the source of
  3. to denote change from one place or condition to another
  4. to express separation of distinction from a number
  5. outside, beyond
  6. from, since
  7. just, after
  8. during, in
  9. made out of something
  10. descended from
  11. done by someone, something
  12. of the cause, instrument, or means by which a thing is done
  13. from, according to
  14. turns a following noun into a periphrastic adverb
  15. in such an order

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *eks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”). Cognates include Latin ex, ē, Old Irish ess-, a, ass (Irish as), Lithuanian i̇̀š, Old Church Slavonic из (iz), Northern Kurdish ji, Albanian ith. The genitive is from the Proto-Indo-European ablative of separation.

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