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+ | [[Image:The Big Swallow.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[linguistics]] series.<br> | ||
+ | <small>Illustration: a close-up of a [[mouth]] in the film ''[[The Big Swallow]]'' (1901)</small>]] | ||
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- | Parent: linguistics | + | A '''prefix''' is a type of [[affix]] attached to a [[stem (linguistics)|stem]] which modifies the meaning of that stem. |
- | Examples: [[anti]]- - [[inter]]- - [[meta]]- - [[non]]- - [[para]]- - [[un]] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | The word "prefix" is itself made up of the stem ''fix'' (meaning "attach" in this case), and the prefix ''pre-'', meaning "before", both of which are derived from [[Latin]] [[root (linguistics)|root]]s. |
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+ | *[[English prefixes]] | ||
+ | *[[Affix]] | ||
+ | *[[Suffix]] | ||
+ | *[[Privative]] | ||
+ | *[[Bound and unbound morphemes]] | ||
+ | *[[English prefix]] | ||
+ | *[[List of Greek and Latin roots in English]] | ||
+ | *[[substring#Prefix]] | ||
+ | *[[Metric prefix]] | ||
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A prefix is a type of affix attached to a stem which modifies the meaning of that stem.
The word "prefix" is itself made up of the stem fix (meaning "attach" in this case), and the prefix pre-, meaning "before", both of which are derived from Latin roots.
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See also
- English prefixes
- Affix
- Suffix
- Privative
- Bound and unbound morphemes
- English prefix
- List of Greek and Latin roots in English
- substring#Prefix
- Metric prefix
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