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ex-

1 
a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes imparting a privative or negative force or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formative: exstipulate; exterritorial; ex-president (former president); ex-member; ex-wife.
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Also, e-, ef-.

Origin:
< L, comb. form of ex, ē (prep.) out (of), from, beyond

ex-

2 
var. of exo-.

ex-

3 
a prefix identical in meaning with ex- 1, occurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis.
Also, ec-.

Origin:
< Gk comb. form of ex, ek, out (of), from, beyond; see ec-, ex- 1

exo-

 
a combining form meaning “outside,” “outer,” “external,” used in the formation of compound words: exocentric.
Also, ex-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of éxō outside
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  1. Outside; out of; away from: exodontia.

  2. Not; without: excaudate.

  3. Former: ex-president.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin and Greek; see eghs in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ex- 
prefix, in Eng. meaning mainly "out of, from," but also "upwards, completely, deprive of, without," and "former;" from L. ex "out of," from PIE *eghs "out" (cf. Gaul. ex-, O.Ir. ess-, O.C.S. izu, Rus. iz). In some cases also from Gk. cognate ex, ek. It has stood on its own since 1929 as abbreviation for ex-wife, ex-husband, etc.

exo- 
comb. form of Gk. exo "outside," used in forming scientific words, e.g. exoskeleton, introduced by Eng. anatomist Sir Richard Owen (1804-92).
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin ex from, out of
: free from : without
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Medical Dictionary

ex- pref.
Outside; out of; away from: excementosis.

exo- pref.
Outside; external: exoskeleton.

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Science Dictionary
exo-  
A prefix that means "outside" or "external," as in exoskeleton.
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