Any word or particle prefixed to another word; a prefix. Obsolete.

Grammar. An element placed at the beginning of a word or stem to adjust or modify its meaning, or (in certain languages) as an inflection.

The initial element of a word; a prefix. Obsolete.

= preformative, n.

Linguistics. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a syllable, particle, etc., prefixed as a formative element.

inseparable accident, inseparable attribute, inseparable quality, etc. (Logic), an accident, etc. that cannot be separated from its subject. inseparab…