prefixo

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)). By surface analysis, pre- +‎ fixo.

Noun

prefixo m (plural prefixos)

1. (grammar) prefix (letters at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)
2. (telephony) prefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)

Coordinate terms

• (prefix): sufixo, raíz

Related terms

• prefixación
• prefixadamente
• prefixado
• prefixar

Further reading

• “prefixo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto prefikso.

Noun

prefixo (plural prefixi)

1. prefix

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈfi.ki.su/, /pɾeˈfik.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈfik.su/

• Rhymes: -iksu
• Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin praefīgō

Latin praefixuslbor.

Portuguese prefixo

Learned borrowing from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“to attach in front”) (from prae- (“before”) +‎ fīgō (“to fix, to fasten, to affix”)).

Noun

prefixo m (plural prefixos)

1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) prefix (morpheme at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)

   Hypernym: afixo

   Coordinate terms: sufixo, raiz, radical

2. (telephony) prefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)

   Synonyms: código de área, (Brazil) DDD

Derived terms

• prefixal
• prefixar

Adjective

prefixo (feminine prefixa, masculine plural prefixos, feminine plural prefixas, not comparable)

1. prefixed

   Synonym: prefixado

Related terms

• prefixação
• prefixadamente
• prefixado
• prefixal
• prefixamente
• prefixar
• prefixativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prefixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of prefixar

Further reading

• “prefixo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prefixo”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “prefixo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “prefixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “prefixo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN