e(n)-

Etymology 1
From (whence also 🇨🇬), from. Likely originally a locative prefix. Compare 🇨🇬, of the same usage.

Prefix

 * 1) intensive prefix

Usage notes

 * The 'e' in this prefix often changed into 'ā', 'ai', or 'o', depending on phonemes present.
 * The 'n' was usually present when the prefix preceded a word beginning with a vowel.

Etymology 2
From (whence also 🇨🇬), from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, of similar usage.

Prefix

 * 1) A negating prefix; non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

Usage notes

 * The 'e' in this prefix often changed into 'ā' or 'o', depending on phonemes present.
 * The 'n' was usually present when the prefix preceded a word beginning with a vowel.