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prefix

noun
/ˈpɹiːfɪks/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix. Doublet of the archaic synonym prefixum.

  1. derived from praefīxus
  2. derived from prefixer
  3. inherited from prefixen

Definitions

  1. Something placed before another

  2. To determine beforehand

    To determine beforehand; to set in advance.

    • But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire[…].
    • It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments.

  3. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something

    To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

The neighborhood

Derived

metric prefix, null prefix, prefixal, prefixhood, prefixing, prefixive, prefixless, ~ness, prefixlike, prefixness, prefixoid, pseudoprefix, SI prefix, zero prefix, prefixable, prefixation, prefixed, unprefixed, prefixer, auto~

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prefix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA