prefixes
Attached before roots
Prefixes are word elements attached to the beginning of a root to modify its meaning: un- reverses happy, pre- puts war before something, re- makes build happen again.
The term extends to any code or designation placed at the front: area code prefixes, title prefixes like Dr. or Ms.
To prefix something is to attach it at the beginning.
Word-part modifier
- infixAffix within a word
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
derivational · inflectional · transfix · clitic · enclitic · agglutination · analytic · synthetic
Word origin study
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
acronym · initialism · abbreviation · neologism · coinage · borrowing · loanword · calque
Prefix meaning before
- fore-Prefix meaning before
- ante-Prefix meaning before
- proto-Prefix signifying original
- preliminaryBefore the main part
preceding · prior · antecedent · precursor · forerunner · advance · early · initial
Relational grammar term
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- determinerNoun-introducing word class
- negationDenial or cancellation
tense · aspect · pluralization · conjugation · declension · case · gender · number
affix
Word-part modifier
morpheme · derivational · inflectional · transfix · clitic · enclitic · agglutination · analytic · synthetic · bound
un-
Negating prefix
non- · mis- · pre- · over- · under- · sub- · super- · inter- · trans- · multi-
etymology
Word origin study
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
syntax · acronym · initialism · abbreviation · neologism · coinage · borrowing · loanword · calque · backformation
pre-
Prefix meaning before
preliminary · preceding · prior · antecedent · precursor · forerunner · advance · early · initial · opening
preposition
Relational grammar term
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- determinerNoun-introducing word class
negation · tense · aspect · pluralization · conjugation · declension · case · gender · number · mood
- literacyliteracy, reading, spelling, alphabet, writing
- Russian languageRussian, Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet, cases, declensions
- word studyword origins, word roots, word meaning, word meanings, word formation
- vocabulary termsword choice, diction, lexicon, synonyms, antonyms
- Sanskrit grammarPanini, nominative, accusative, sutra, dative
- Akkadian grammarverb conjugation, verb forms, stative, preterite, present tense
- telephone prefixRegional dialing digits
- metric prefixScale indicator for measurements
- SI prefixesStandard magnitude modifiers
- Mac prefixApple product prefix
- SI prefixUnit magnitude modifier
- binary prefixComputing unit multiplier