"se-" meaning in Latin

See se- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: sē- [canonical], sēd- [alternative, before-vowel], se- [alternative], so- [alternative], sō- [alternative]
Etymology: From *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é (“self”) lengthened under phrasal stress. Note there's no hard evidence for a /w/ in Italic, which is likely taken from the possessive pronoun in other branches. The original meaning was "per se, by itself", whence "however, but" as conjunction and "without, away" as preposition, parallel to English only (“but”). Doublet of sē as well as sed, where the vowel shortened proclitically (or never lengthened). Compare the semantically close vē-, which might also be a doublet with loss of /s/. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|ine-pro:*swé<alt:*s(w)é><t:self>|id=away}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*s(w)é", "gloss" : "self", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swé", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "se-", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="away" data-lang="la" data-title="se-" id="Latin:_away">, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*swé|*s(w)é|t=self}} Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é (“self”), {{cog|en|only|t=but}} English only (“but”), {{doublet|la|sē}} Doublet of sē Head templates: {{head|la|prefix|head=sē-}} sē-
  1. apart-; aside-; away- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-se--la-prefix-cDnLENlm Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 36 64
  2. (in a privative sense) without; lacking; wanting; -less Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-se--la-prefix-ZCHcK-XD Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sē, sed, suus, dis-, vē-
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Forms: sē- [canonical]
Etymology: From sex before voiced consonants with voicing assimilation (*segz-) followed by regular elision with compensatory lenthening, for which compare āla, vēlum. Head templates: {{head|la|prefix|head=sē-}} sē-
  1. six- as a bound morpheme Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-se--la-prefix-yu1v9PlD Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 1 4 4 8 6 0 1 13 0 21 21 4 2 2 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 4 8 5 0 1 14 0 23 23 4 1 1 8 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 88 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Forms: sē- [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|prefix|head=sē-}} sē-
  1. alternative form of sēmi- Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: sēmi- Derived forms: sēlībra, sēmodius
    Sense id: en-se--la-prefix-V43ky7dO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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        },
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        },
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