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PrefixLatin
ex
out, away
Latin ex- points outward: you extract what is pulled out, exhale breath out, and expel someone by driving them away.
Words built from it
- extract — to remove or take out
ex- (out) + tract (draw, pull) - exhale — to breathe out
ex- (out) + hale (breathe, from halare) - expel — to force someone to leave
ex- (out) + pel (drive, from pellere) - exclusive — excluding others, limited to a select group
ex- (out) + clus (shut, close) - exuberant — full of energy and enthusiasm
ex- (out, fully) + uber (fertile, abundant) - exorbitant — unreasonably high in price
ex- (out of) + orbit (path, track)
Looks like it, but is not
- flexible — from Latin flexus 'bent,' not the ex- prefix
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Related word parts
- tract — pull, drag