Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefixoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fixoid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wordinitial segment that does not have all characteristics of a prefix.

Etymology

From prefix + -oid, coined c. 1966 by Yakov Malkiel.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prefix

Inflected Forms

prefixoids (plural)

Phrases

combining form

Frequently Paired Words

combining form suffixoid

Questions

What does prefixoid mean?: A wordinitial segment that does not have all characteristics of a prefix.
Where does prefixoid come from?: From prefix + -oid, coined c. 1966 by Yakov Malkiel.

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