# es-
## English
### Etymology

From s-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛs/

### Prefix

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

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* -se, SE, Se., se, se.

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin ex.

### Prefix

es-
* indicates movement away or separation
    ‎es- + ‎fueya (“leaf”) → ‎esfoyar (“to remove leaves from”)
    ‎es- + ‎guedeyu (“tuft”) → ‎esguedeyar (“to muss”)

#### See also

* des-

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.

### Prefix

es-
* indicates movement away or separation
    ‎es- + ‎fulla (“leaf”) → ‎esfullar (“to remove leaves from”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “es-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “es-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “es-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ex. Doublet of ex-.

### Prefix

es-
* indicates movement away or separation
    ‎es- + ‎corda (“tendon”) → ‎escordar (“to sprain”)
    ‎es- + ‎maga (“guts”) → ‎esmagar (“to squeeze”)
    ‎es- + ‎milfa (“tassel”) → ‎esmilfar (“to fray”)

#### Derived terms

From

## Occitan
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

es-
* indicates movement away or separation

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin ex-.

### Prefix

es-
* indicates movement away or separation
* variant of a-

#### Descendants

* French: é-

## Portuguese

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### Etymology

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

### Prefix

es-
* indicates separation
    ‎es- + ‎colher → ‎escolher
* indicates intensification
    ‎es- + ‎forçar → ‎esforçar

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “es-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ex- (“out of”).

### Prefix

es-
* indicates separation
    ‎es- + ‎coger → ‎escoger
* indicates removal or elimination
    ‎es- + ‎pulga → ‎espulgar
* indicates intensification
    ‎es- + ‎forzar → ‎esforzar

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “es-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* ech-

### Etymology

See ech-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛs/

### Prefix

es-
* out, ex-
    Synonyms: all-, ech-
    ‎es- + ‎plygu (“fold”) → ‎esblygu (“evolve”)

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* Welsh terms prefixed with es- dosbarth esblygiad esblygu

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* 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)