were-
prefixUK /weə(ɹ)/
Etymology Back-formation from werewolf (“man-wolf”), from Old English werewulf, derived from wer (“man”) + wulf (“wolf”).
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Morpheme Prefixed to animal names to indicate a human that shapeshifts into that animal.
- Related terms
- wer, wergeld, werewolf, world, lycanthropy, shapeshifting, shapeshifter, zoanthropy