De, dis, di (Fr. dés, dé; Lat. dis, di, asunder, in two, difference, negation):: In E.E. and M. E. the prefix dis has its N. Fr. form des or de. (1) De-part, de-fy, de-lay, dis-cover, dis-charge, disguise, dis-honour, display, dis-turb, dis-please, dispute, &c. (2) Dis-cern, di-gest, differ, &c. (3) Deluge mod. Fr. déluge, Lat. di-luvium. (4) The following are hybrids: dis-believe (= misbelieve), dis-like (= mislike), dis-own, &c. E, es, ex (Fr. es, e; Lat. ex, out of, from) :— (1) E-late, e-lection, as-say, es-say, es-cape, issue, especial, s-pecial, s-ample (= ex-ample), ensample, ex-amine, ex-cite, ex-cuse, ex-ile, a-mend (=e-mend), a-fraid (Lat. exfrigidare) a-bash = O.Fr. es-bahir. (2) Ex-alt, e-lect, ex-ecute, ex-empt, ex-pect, &c.; ex-emperor, ex-mayor. (3) Efface, élite (= elect), are from modern French. Extra (Lat. extra, beyond.) (1) Extra-ordinary, extra-vagant. (2) Extra-work, extra-freight, are hybrids. Em, en, in (Fr. em, en; Lat. in, in, into, on) :— (1) Em-balm, em-bellish, em-brace, en-chant, en-counter, en-cumber, en-dite, en-dow, en-gage, en-force, en-hance, en-join, en-joy, en-rich, en-tice, en-treat, en-viron, en-vy, &c.; an-oint, am-bush, im-pair, im-prison, il-lusion, in-cense, in-cline, inquire (en-quire). Many words once beginning with en- now have in-. (2) In-nate, il-lumine, im-migrate, &c. (3) Hybrids are em-bolden, en-shrine, en-dear, &c. In (Lat. in, not) : (1) In-nocent, in-constance, in-fant, im-perfect (= M.E. imparfit). (2) It is prefixed to nouns, adjectives, and verbs:(a) In-convenience, im-piety, il-liberality. (b) In-cautious, im-politic, il-legal, ir-regular. (c) In-capacitate, in-dispose, il-legalize, im-mortalize. Un often takes the place of in, as un-able, un-apt, un-certain, &c. Enter, inter, intro (O.Fr. enter; Fr. entre; Lat. inter, intro, within, between) : (1) Enter-prise, enter-tain, inter-dict (= M.E. enter-dite), inter-change (M.E. enter-change). (2) Inter-cept, inter-sect, intro-duce, &c. Ob (Lat. ob, in front of, against): (1) Ob-lige, ob-ey, oc-cupy, of-fer, of-fend, of fence, of-fice, op‐pose. (2) Ob-ject, ob-struct, oc-cur, officiate, &c. Per (O.Fr. per; Fr. par; Lat. per, through) : : (1) Per-ceive, per-form, per-ish, par-don, pur sue. (2) Per-jure, per-secute, pel-lucid, pol-lute, &c. Post (Lat. post, after) : (1) Puny Fr. puîné, O.Fr. puis-né, Lat. post natus. (2) Post-pone, post-date, post-script, &c. Pre (Fr. pré; Lat. præ, before): (1) Pre-cept, pre-face, pre-late, pre-sence, pretend, pro-vost, pre-ach (= Lat. prædicare). (2) Modern formations are numerous: pre-dict, pre-cinct, pre-announce, &c. Preter (Fr. préter; Lat. præter, past) : (1) Preter-ite, preter-mit. (2) Preter-natural, preter-perfect. Par, pur, pro (Fr. por, pour; Lat. pro, forth, forward, before) : (1) Por-tray, pur-chase, pur-pose, pur-sue, purvey, pro-cede, pro-cess, pro-cure, pro-nounce. (2) Pro-vide, pro-pose, pro-consul, pro-noun. (3) Por-trait Fr. pour-trait. = Re, red (Fr. re; Lat. red, re, back, again) : (1) Re-bell, re-ceive, re-claim, re-creant, re-cover, re-join, re-nounce, re-member, re-pair, re-pent, reprove, re-quire, re-store, re-semble, re-treat, r-ally (Lat. re-alligare), re-n-der (Lat. red-dere), red-ound. &c. (2) Modern formations: re-probate, re-duce, re-act (3) Re-but Fr. re-buter. (4) Hybrids: re-build, re-mind, re-new, &c. Retro (Fr. rière; Lat. retro):— (1) Rear-ward, arrear, rear. Cp. M.E. arerage (arrears). (2) Retro-grade, retro-spect, &c. Se, sed (Fr. sé; Lat. sed, se, apart, away) : R (1) Se-ver, se-veral. (2) Se-clude, se-parate, sed-ition, &c. Sub, so (O.Fr. so; Fr. se, su, sou; Lat. sub, under up from below):: (1) Sub-tle, suc-cour (M.E. socour), suc-ceed. suf-fer, sum-mons, sup-pose, sus-tain, so-journ, &c. (2) Sub-jection, suc-cinct, sug-gest, &c. It denotes (a) diminution, as sub- tepid; (b) of a lower order, as sub-committee. (3) Hybrids: sub-let, sub-kingdom. Sur, super (Fr. sur; Lat. super, above, beyond):— (1) Sur-coat, sur-face, sur-feit, sur-plice, surname, sur-vey; super-flu-ous, super-scription, which occur in M.E., are directly from the Latin. (2) Modern forms are sur-prise, sur-pass, surcharge, super-ficies, super-scribe, &c., summerset = Fr. soubre-saut, Lat. super-saltum. Tres, tra, trans (O.Fr. tres; Fr. tré, tra; Lat. trans, across): (1) Tres-pass, tra-itor, trea-son, tra-vel, traverse, trans-figure, trans-form, trans-late, transmigration. (2) Trans-cription, trans-port, tra-dition, &c, are modern forms. Ultra (Lat. ultra, beyond) : (1) Out-rage. (2) Ultra-liberal. Vis, vice (Fr. vis; Lat vice, instead of) :— (1) Vic-ar. (2) Vis-count, vice-roi, &c. Bis, bi (Lat. bis, twice; bini, two by two) :(1) None. (2) Bis-sextile, bi-ennial, bin-ocular. (3) Biscuit is modern French biscuit, Lat. bis-coctum. Demi (Fr. demi; Lat. dimidium, half): (1) Demi-god, demi-quaver. Semi (Lat. semi, half) :— (1) Semi-circle, semi-column. Mal, mau, male (Fr. mal, mau; Lat. male, ill) :— (1) Mau-gre, mal-ady. (2) Male-diction, mal-evolent. (3) Mal-treat, mal-content. Non (Lat. non, not): (1) Noun-power impotence. Chaucer's Boethius, P. 75. (2) Non-sense, non-existent. (3) Non-chalance, non-pareil. Mis (Fr. mes; Lat. minus, less) : : (1) Mis-chance (M.E. mescheance), mis-chief (M.E. meschief); (2) mis-fortune and mis-nomer are modern analogous forms. (3) Més-alliance. Pen (Fr. pén; Lat. pæne, almost) :-- |