Prefix (definition)

A prefix is an affix placed at the beginning of a word. The English re- as in reword or de- as in destabilize are prefixes.

See Also

• Suffix (definition)
• Affix (definition)
• Morpheme (definition)

External Links

• http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prefixes.htm
• http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/prefix.htm

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix

References

Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.