preformative
nounEtymology
From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).
- derived from fōrmātus
- derived from formātīvus
- derived from formatif
- inherited from formatyve
Definitions
a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.
- Ch. a prefix prep. as in Hebrew, the sign of the dative; also of the genitive and accusative; and as a conj. before the future, which then rejects the preformative, that
Of or pertaining to preformation.
Of a thing
Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
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of a letter, syllable, etc.
of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.
Misspelling of performative.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for preformative. 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