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== D-E-F ==
== D-E-F ==
==='''em-'''===
==='''em-'''===
* ''put in or into, to affect, bring to the state of, distribute''
* ''put in or into, to affect, bring to the state of, distribute''
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into''
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into''
** PIE root '''''*em-''''' for "to take, distribute"
** PIE root '''''*em-''''' for "to take, distribute"
* used instead of '''''-en''''' words beginning with ''-b- and -p-''
* used instead of '''''-en''''' words beginning with ''-b- and -p-''
* examples
* examples
** empathy
** empathy
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=== en- ===
=== en- ===
* from PIE *en, into, to make or put
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''in-''' prefix synonyms w/ opposite meanings
!prefix
!definition 1
!definition 2
|-
|em-
|opposite of, not
|in, into
|-
|en-
|opposite of, not
|in, into
|-
|im-
|opposite of, not
|in, into
|-
|in-
|opposite of, not
|in, into
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Pronoun letter
!letter / sound
!m
!n
|-
|goes with
| -b, -m, -p
| -c, -d, -f, -g, -h, -j, -l, n, -r, -q, -t, -v
|-
|
|ember, immaterial, important
|include, induce, infuse, ingress, inhuman, injury, enliven, enrage, inquisitive, into, invisible
|-
|
|
|
|}


=== digi- ===
=== digi- ===


== G-H-I ==
== G-H-I ==
=== in- ===
* same as '''en-, im-, em-'''
* see entry for '''en-'''
== J-K-L ==
== J-K-L ==
== M-N=O ==
== M-N=O ==