French prefix

é-

privative

Register

native

Productivity

dead

no longer forms new words; survives in fossils

Attaches to

N

allomorphs ex-

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with é-

éhonté
without shame
honte+é-

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -less
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • un-
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

this affix: é-

    Hindi

    • -हीन
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • निर्-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • बे-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)

    Telugu

    Tamil