preformative

Meanings

1. a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

1. Of or pertaining to preformation.
2. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
3. of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.

1. Misspelling of performative.

Etymology

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).