Czech

Prefix

ve-

1. Variant of v- in front of double consonant.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

• vae-

Etymology

There is some disagreement on origin of this prefix:

• From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew ‎(“out, away”). Compare Latin au-, Sanskrit अव ‎(áva), Old Irish úa ‎(“from, of”).^[1]
• From Proto-Italic *s(w)ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(“self”), whence also Latin sē- ‎(“separately; without”), sē ‎(“oneself”), sed ‎(“but”).^[2]
• By reanalysis of the contracted form of vehemēns ‎(“very eager, furious”), vēmēns, as vē- and mēns ‎(“mind”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /weː/

Prefix

vē-

1. Used to indicate a fault of excess or deficiency, too much, too little

Derived terms

• (perhaps) vescor, vescus
• (perhaps) vestīgium

References

1. ↑ vē- in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. 1 2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill