ecto-
See also: ecto
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”). Sense 2 ("ghost-related") is a reinterpretation of this prefix in the word ectoplasm (“paranormal substance believed to be involved in the materialization of the dead”), for the etymology of which see there.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛktoʊ-/
Audio (US): (file)
Prefix
[edit]ecto-
- Outside.
- (chiefly in fantasy fiction) Ghost-related.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ecto-.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”).
Prefix
[edit]ecto-
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”).
Prefix
[edit]ecto-
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ecto-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ecto-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ecto-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ecto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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