es-

From s-.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

es-

1. (pharmacology) Used to form names of drugs with a chiral center in the S configuration.

• -se, SE, Se., se, se.

Compare Navajo sh-, Lower Tanana es-.

es-

1. marks a first person singular subject; I

   nicʼaʼesʼaan ― I lifted it up

• s-

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 54

From Latin ex.

es-

1. indicates movement away or separation

   ‎es- + ‎fueya (“leaf”) → ‎esfoyar (“to remove leaves from”)

   ‎es- + ‎guedeyu (“tuft”) → ‎esguedeyar (“to muss”)

• des-

Derived from Latin ex-. Doublet of ex-.

es-

1. indicates movement away or separation

   ‎es- + ‎fulla (“leaf”) → ‎esfullar (“to remove leaves from”)

• “es-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “es-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “es-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From Proto-Celtic *exs-. Compare Welsh es-, ech-

es-

1. ex-

   ‎es- + ‎anella (“to breathe”) → ‎esanella (“to exhale”)

• IPA^(key): /əs/

es-

1. alternative form of esh-, used before dental and back velar consonants

• Tenenbaum, Joan Marsha (1978), Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb, Columbia University, page 59

From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.

es-

1. indicates movement away or separation

   ‎es- + ‎corda (“tendon”) → ‎escordar (“to sprain”)

   ‎es- + ‎maga (“guts”) → ‎esmagar (“to squeeze”)

   ‎es- + ‎milfa (“tassel”) → ‎esmilfar (“to fray”)

From

.

• etl-
• eje-, esje-

Compare Navajo sh-, Ahtna es-.

• IPA^(key): /əs/

es-

1. marks a first person singular verbal subject; I

   destsinh ― I am hungry

   esdenunh ― I am drinking it

   etltsi ― I am making it

   nejejet, nesjejet ― I am making it

• Appears as es- before the ∅- and d-classifiers, as etl- before the ɬ-classifier, and as eje- or esje- before the l-classifier.

• si (“I”)
• s- (“my, me”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 496

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin ex-.

es-

1. indicates movement away or separation

From Latin ex-.

es-

1. indicates movement away or separation
2. variant of a-

• French: é-

Inherited from Latin ex- (“out of”). Doublet of ex-.

es-

1. indicates separation

   ‎es- + ‎quarto + ‎-ejar → ‎esquartejar

2. indicates intensification

   ‎es- + ‎buraco + ‎-ar → ‎esburacar

• “es-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “es-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin ex- (“out of”).

es-

1. indicates separation

   ‎es- + ‎coger → ‎escoger

2. indicates removal or elimination

   ‎es- + ‎pulga → ‎espulgar

3. indicates intensification

   ‎es- + ‎forzar → ‎esforzar

• “es-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• ech-

See ech-.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

es-

1. out, ex-

   Synonyms: all-, ech-

   ‎es- + ‎plygu (“fold”) → ‎esblygu (“evolve”)

This element also appears in words borrowed from Latin, such as esbonio (“explain”), estron (“foreign”), and estyn (“extend”), where it corresponds to Latin ex-.

• Welsh terms prefixed with es-

  esgar

  dosbarth

  esblygiad

  esblygu

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “es-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (15)