In Prefixes^x, Prepositions^x

When it comes to above and below used as adjectives, I prefer them after the noun. Some people insist that they can be used in front of the nouns, but that grates on my ear as much as the asleep man or saying We did that the before time instead of We did that the time before. It seems to me...

Hi, What do these 2 prefixes mean? de- Derived from the Latin de = from, down from. eg activate / deactivate make active, make 'from' being active compose / decompose bring elements together, take elements 'from' each other e- a shortened form of the Latin ex = out, out from + various...