prefix
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prefix/ˈpriːfɪks/
▶noun a word, letter, or number placed before another.
■ an element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning (e.g. ex-, non-, re-) or (in some languages) as an inflection.
■ a title placed before a name (e.g. Mr).
▶verb add as a prefix or introduction.■ add a prefix or introduction to.
– derivatives
prefixation noun.
prefixation noun.
– origin C16 (as v.): from OFr. prefixer, from L. praefixus, praefigere ‘fix in front’, from prae ‘before’ + figere ‘to fix’; the noun is from mod. L. praefixum, neut. of praefixus.
'prefix' also found in these Oxford entries:
a-
- a-
- a-
- a-
- ab-
- abs-
- ac-
- ad-
- af-
- afford
- afore-
- ag-
- al-
- alt.
- an-
- an-
- an-
- ana-
- ant-
- ante-
- anti-
- ap-
- ap-
- apo-
- ar-
- as-
- at-
- aut-
- azo-
- be-
- billion
- bin-
- by-
- bye-
- carnelian
- cata-
- circum-
- cis-
- co-
- col-
- com-
- con-
- contra-
- cor-
- counter-
- de-
- demi-
- di-
- di-
- dia-
