Prefixhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix. uncountable

    "Thus, in OT, the prefixhood of in- is achieved through a constraint on output well-formedness, rather than being specified lexically."

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"Thus, in OT, the prefixhood of in- is achieved through a constraint on output well-formedness, rather than being specified lexically."

Etymology

From prefix + -hood.

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