"prefixal" meaning in English

See prefixal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree English prefix Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English prefixal From prefix + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|prefix|-al<id:adjectival suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English prefix Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English prefixal [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "prefixal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="prefixal"> From prefix + -al., {{ety|en|:af|prefix|-al<id:adjectival suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English prefix Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English prefixal From prefix + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prefixal (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics, of a form) That is modified by the addition of a prefix. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prefixal-en-adj-0Hn~6k7t Categories (other): Linguistics, English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix): 29 34 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics, of a form) Taking the role of a prefix. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prefixal-en-adj-AWR9I6Kd Categories (other): Linguistics, English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix): 29 34 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (linguistics, of a language) That tends to make use of prefixes (more than suffixes) to create grammatical forms; prefixing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prefixal-en-adj-HOzJwF7e Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 30 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 25 32 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 25 32 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 18 29 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 27 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al (adjectival suffix): 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 14 17 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 15 18 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 76 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 22 26 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 17 69 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prefixally
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