Prefix

From A+ Club Lesson Planner & Study Guide

Prefix is a word part that precedes a word root in order to create a new word

  • prefixes are indciated with a dash, as in in-, un-
    • ex. undo = un- (prefix) + do (root)
  • prefix =
    • pre- + fix
      • pre- = before
      • fix = fastened, in position
        • from PIE root *dheigw- "to stick, fix
  • see Prefix definitions for a list of prefixes and how they create vocabulary words