prefixoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wordinitial segment that does not have all characteristics of a prefix.

Word forms

prefixoid prefixoids

Etymology

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

Related words

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