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figere
Latin · ancient
"to fix, to fasten"
to fix, to fasten, combined with prae- (before)
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praefigere
Latin · ancient
"to fasten before, to attach in front"
to fasten before, to attach in front, from prae- and figere
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prefix
English · 1600s
"letters or a syllable added to the beginning of a word"
settled as the English word for letters added to the beginning of a word
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