prefix的词源

英文词源

prefix: prefix: see fix
prefix (n.): 1640s, from Latin praefixum, noun use of neuter past participle of praefigere "fix in front, fasten on before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + root of figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)).
prefix (v.): early 15c., "appoint beforehand," from Middle French prefixer, from pre- (see pre-) + fixer (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to place at the beginning" is from 1530s; of words or parts of words from c. 1600. Related: Prefixed; prefixing.

词根词缀： pre-前,先 + -fix-固定,安装

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pre-,在前，fix,固定。引申词义前缀。