privative
Sign in to saveA privative, named from Latin , is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages, many privatives are prefixes, but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements.
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- Privative prefixes
- Confusion of privative and non-privative in English
- Privative suffixes
- See also
- Notes
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A privative, named from Latin , is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages, many privatives are prefixes, but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements.
==Privative prefixes==
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