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''Prefix definitions, etymology & examples'' | ''Prefix definitions, etymology & examples'' | ||
see https://www.dailywritingtips.com/list-prefixes-suffixes | see https://www.dailywritingtips.com/list-prefixes-suffixes | ||
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* cognate | * cognate | ||
* etymology | * etymology | ||
* morpheme | |||
** = the smallest constituent of a word | |||
** some words are morphemes unto themselves ("it", "and") | |||
** others are a combination of morphemes ("itself", "below") | |||
* PIE | * PIE | ||
** for '''[[PIE proto-Indo-European language|proto-Indo-European]]''' language | |||
** = the origin or pre-origin language of Indo-European languages, which share the PIE language as their origin | |||
** Indo-European languages include, ''Celtic, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Latin, Persian, Spanish'', and others across Europe and parts of central and western Asia and South Asia | |||
* suffix | |||
** a word ending "inflection" (change in sound) that identifies or changes a root's [[Parts of speech|part of speech]] | |||
== When is a prefix not a prefix? == | |||
* many prefixes are attached to roots that are not words unto themselves | |||
** some scholars argue that these words are not "prefix + root" and stand as single "morphemes" (word units) <br /> | |||
== A-B-C == | == A-B-C == | ||
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== D-E-F == | == D-E-F == | ||
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=== em-, im- & en-, in- === | |||
* = mean the same | |||
** into | |||
** not | |||
===em-=== | |||
* ''put in or into, to affect, bring to the state of, distribute'' | * ''put in or into, to affect, bring to the state of, distribute'' | ||
** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into'' | ** assimilation from ''in-'' and ''into'' | ||
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*** with emotion | *** with emotion | ||
== V-X-Y-Z == | == V-X-Y-Z == | ||
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