Esperanto

Prefix

ek-

1. The prefix ek- indicates that the action it modifies is momentary or just beginning. It marks the inceptive aspect of verbs.

   ek- + krii ("to cry"): ekkrii ("to cry out")

   ek- + kanti ("to sing"): ekkanti ("to begin to sing")

Derived terms

• ek ‎(“let's go”)
• eki ‎(“to begin, to start”)
• eko ‎(“beginning, start”)

References

1. ↑ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007

Ido

Etymology

Prefix form of ek ‎(“out of (motion from; made or extracted from; fractional part of), out from, out (forth from), of (made of)”).

Prefix

ek-

1. (prefix indicating out, out from)

   irar ‎(“to go”) → ekirar ‎(“to go out; exit”)

Derived terms