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ἐν

en

“in”

28 words in English grow from this root.

Ellipsis

Words
ἐνen

“a falling short”

Emblem

Art
ἐνen

“thing thrown in”

Embolism

Medicine
ἐνen

“a throwing in”

Embolus

Medicine
ἐνen

“thrown in, a plug”

Embryo

Medicine
ἐνen

“swelling within”

Empathy

Philosophy
ἐνen

“feeling into”

Emphasis

Words
ἐνen

“a showing forth”

Emphysema

Medicine
ἐνen

“a blowing in”

Emphyteusis

Politics
ἐνen

“a planting-in”

Emporium

Politics
ἐνen

“place of those on a voyage”

Empyrean

Faith
ἐνen

“in the fire”

Encephalitis

Medicine
ἐνen

“inflammation of what is in the head”

Encomium

Art
ἐνen

“song at the revel”

Encopresis

Medicine
ἐνen

“dunging in”

Endemic

Medicine
ἐνen

“in the people”

Energy

Science
ἐνen

“activity, being at work”

Entelechy

Philosophy
ἐνen

“having its completion within”

Enthusiasm

Everyday
ἐνen

“having a god within”

Enthymeme

Philosophy
ἐνen

“a thing held in the mind”

Entropy

Science
ἐνen

“a turning within”

Enuresis

Medicine
ἐνen

“urinating in”

Enzyme

Science
ἐνen

“in the leaven”

Hendiadys

Words
ἕνhén

“one through two”

Hyphen

Words
ὑπόhypó

“under one”

Ink

Everyday
ἐνen

“burnt in”

Metempsychosis

Philosophy
μετάmetá

“ensouling into another body”

Parenthesis

Words
παράpará

“a placing in beside”

Plaster

Art
ἐνen

“daubed on”