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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: prefixer, from fixer 'to fix'

prefix

2 verb
     
Related topics: Grammar
prefix2 [transitive]
1SLG to add a prefix to a word, name, or set of numbers
2 formal to say something before the main part of what you have to say
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