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prefixhood

prefixhood noun: the state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix.

Noun

prefixhood (uncountable)

  1. The state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix.
    • Thus, in OT, the prefixhood of in- is achieved through a constraint on output well-formedness, rather than being specified lexically.2007, Paul V. De Lacy, The Cambridge handbook of phonology, page 459

Origin of prefixhood

From prefix + -hood.

Questions about prefixhood

What does prefixhood mean?
Prefixhood means the state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix.
What part of speech is prefixhood?
Prefixhood is a noun.

Words near prefixhood in the dictionary

  1. prefixed
  2. prefixedly
  3. prefixer
  4. prefixers
  5. prefixes
  6. prefixhood
  7. prefixing
  8. prefixings
  9. prefixion
  10. prefixions
  11. prefixive

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