"even-" meaning in English

See even- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”); same as Old English efn (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Dutch even-, Old High German eban- (“even-”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|even-}} Middle English even-, {{inh|en|ang|efn-|t=equal, fellow-, co-}} Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ebna-|pos=prefix/combining form|t=like-, level, equal-}} Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ebnaz|t=equal, even}} Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”), {{cog|ang|efn|t=equal, even, level}} Old English efn (“equal, even, level”), {{cog|sco|evin-|t=equal-}} Scots evin- (“equal-”), {{cog|ofs|ivin-}} Old Frisian ivin-, {{cog|nl|even-}} Dutch even-, {{cog|goh|eban-|t=even-}} Old High German eban- (“even-”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} even-
  1. Even in number, not odd. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-even--en-prefix-en:parity
  2. (no longer productive) Uniform, evenly in quantity. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en-even--en-prefix-en:uniform Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
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