"em-" meaning in English

See em- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: See en- § Etymology. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:from|en-|id=in}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "into", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "en-", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "en-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "en-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "em-", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="in" data-lang="en" data-title="em-" id="English:_in"> Head templates: {{head|en|prefix}} em-
  1. The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation. Tags: morpheme
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