hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

Hi For 'chord' and 'phase' I don't think you can specifically speak of a base word; instead they're more like derivations I think. Chord --> accord --> (Latin) Ad+cord --> 'cord' (heart) (here perhaps a

Apon is a Middle English spelling of upon . Many u- prefixes were spelt a- in Middle English. However after spellings were standardised, the a- prefix largely fell out of use. The correct spelling in Modern English is upon . Although, in many

Is in and uni considered negative prefixes?

a prefix drops its ending vowel to combine with another word part when and in what cases?

Latin caecum , meaning 'blind', has come directly into English as caecum/cecum (n) and caecal/cecal (adj). There is not a separate prefix for English words.

im looking for a prefix that start with cec and means blind

I know the rules in Chicago Manual, etc. for using hyphens with prefixes (generally it's not done, except for certain circumstances). However, there is a context I have not seen addressed anywhere. When you have a compound term like

You didn't know the general principle that prefixes which end in N change the N to M before roots that begin with B, P, and M. Sweet mother of Confucius! Is that so?! Fantastic information, nope I didn't know this. Wow. Thanks,

I'd tried to look up "enbitter" by ways of inductive logic and, of course, came back empty-handed. You didn't know the general principle that prefixes which end in N change the N to M before roots that begin with B, P, and M.