Prefigation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of prefixation. rare
"Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]"
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More examples"Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]"
Etymology
From the present stem of Latin praefīgō (“I attach in front”) + -ation. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
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