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prefixo.

prefix (morpheme at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɾeˈfi.ki.su/Brazil/pɾeˈfik.su/Brazil/pɾɨˈfik.su/Portugal

  1. prefix (morpheme at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)

    masculine

  2. prefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin praefīgō Latin praefixuslbor. Portuguese prefixo Learned borrowing from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“to attach in front”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix, to fasten, to affix”)).

adj/pɾeˈfi.ki.su/Brazil/pɾeˈfik.su/Brazil/pɾɨˈfik.su/Portugal

  1. prefixed

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin praefīgō Latin praefixuslbor. Portuguese prefixo Learned borrowing from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“to attach in front”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix, to fasten, to affix”)).

verb/pɾeˈfi.ki.su/Brazil/pɾeˈfik.su/Brazil/pɾɨˈfik.su/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prefixar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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