prefix

thumb|upright=1.3|A comparison of prepositions and directional prefixes in Greek, Latin, English, and German.

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A prefix is a word element attached to the beginning of a word that changes or refines its meaning, much like how prepositions function in sentences. Understanding prefixes matters because they help readers and writers recognize word patterns across languages and unlock the meanings of unfamiliar words more easily.

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exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133073521
equivalent class: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#Prefix
entry in abbreviations table: woorddl.

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English language
List of English derivational prefixes
Hyphenation
Japanese language
Bantu languages
Example from [[Luganda]]
Navajo
Sunwar
Russian
German
See also
References
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thumb|upright=1.3|A comparison of prepositions and directional prefixes in Greek, Latin, English, and German.

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed.