prefixoid

noun

prefixoid

noun

Etymology From prefix + -oid, coined c. 1966 by Yakov Malkiel.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A wordinitial segment that does not have all characteristics of a prefix.

Related terms
combining form
Hypernyms
affixoid
Coordinate terms
suffixoid

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