prefix

Meanings

Noun

  • Something placed before another

Verb

  • To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
  • To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French prefixer (verb) resp. Late Latin praefixum (noun), both from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (from prae- + fīgō).

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