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A prefix is a word element attached to the beginning of a word that changes or refines its meaning, much like how prepositions function in sentences. Understanding prefixes matters because they help readers and writers recognize word patterns across languages and unlock the meanings of unfamiliar words more easily.
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- English language
- List of English derivational prefixes
- Hyphenation
- Japanese language
- Bantu languages
- Example from [[Luganda]]
- Navajo
- Sunwar
- Russian
- German
- See also
- References
- Works cited
thumb|upright=1.3|A comparison of prepositions and directional prefixes in Greek, Latin, English, and German.
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed.