By Prefixes

Well in my dictionary I can look up prefixes like pre- and suffixes like -ing and it explains their meaning, or at least their effect. Linguists call such forms as "bound morphemes" as they cannot exist on their own, unlike "free morphemes" like "bird" and "love". Perhaps the question I should...

Your answer will depend on what you call a prefix. I would call the following letters prefixes: un-, mulit-, pre-, post-, and dis-. In my opnion, 'agri-food' is a word formed by combining two words, 'agriculture' and 'food'. On the other hand, a dictionary lists both 'agro-' and...

I don't know of a site like that. Initial s is pronounced /s/, except in sure and sugar, where it is pronounced /S/*. Medial s is problematic. There are no hard-and-fast rules -- mostly just lists. In -ssion or -ssure, the double S is /S/. impression, pressure In -sion or -sure,...

But that word can be broken up in to like two root words, alot of suffixes and alot of prefixes. All of this debating is really confusing!

this stupid dictionary site thinks UNTHAW is a word -- emphasis on stupid! I agree that sometimes it's just best to drop it. CJ

Hi Joanne, I'd just drop it. People don't always appreciate having their errors pointed out. Best wishes, Clive

I see this message is very old - but I was looking for help and this address came up - so I'm hoping you can help me. I clicked on this link and found out that I was right, UNTHAW is not a word. If something is UN-thawed, it is obviously NOT thawed, thawed being a state of not frozen - if...

The prefixes hold the key: “Immigrate” is used when you are referring to a person moving into your country. “emigrate” is used when you are referring to person moving out of your country (Latin ex- meaning out). “migrate” I used when you are referring to people or animals that regularly...

Hi everyone, I'm an Italian student. I'm currently working on my final dissertation which will deal about derivational morphology. In particular it will be about the creation of new words in English through prefixes and suffixes. I find out it's a bit difficult to work at this matter reading...

Hello I like this kind of question. To know the sense of prefixes is useful for us ESL students to understand the sense of the words.The prefix "a-" in "arise" is a Germanic prefix and gives a sense of "up" or "away" that stress the sense of the main part of the word. So "arise" is "rise up". The...