
What is the difference between "Hept-" and "Sept-" prefixes?
"Hept-" is from the Greek "hepta". (See, for example, the Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "heptagon".) And we do see this distinction with other numbers (though a number of Greek …
etymology - What is the origin of the counting prefixes: uni-, bi-/di ...
septa comes from the Latin septem, meaning "seven" (Greek is hepta) m octa/o comes from the Latin octo (Greek okto), meaning "eight" nona comes from the Latin nonus, meaning "ninth" …
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2017年12月13日 · It would be hepta-before a consonant and hept-before a vowel. The table reproduced from phrontistery.info doesn't tell the full story. The table reproduced from …
word choice - What is the opposite of the "sub" prefix? - English ...
2011年5月26日 · The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta-which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word. …
meaning - How does the "be-" prefix change the words to which it …
2011年5月19日 · The English be-prefix is clearly the same as the German be-and is therefore a remnant of its Germanic ascendancy. It is actually of the same origin as the verb to be which …
What is the history of adding the a- prefix to form words?
The "a-" prefix is a vestigial English grammatical form found in Anglo-Saxon, old English and even middle English (as well as old Jutish, old Saxon and old German). It is exclusively a Germanic …
What is the name of this type of word: "Mr.", "Ms.", "Dr."?
2011年9月20日 · @Marcin: Perhaps I am. I know that there are times when "Mister" is either a portion of a style or a complete style, but in that case it is associated with some position (e.g. …
What we've gelost — why doesn't English use the prefix "ge-"?
2011年4月26日 · The Germanic languages that I'm familiar with all use a prefix similar to ge-on past participles: German: Ich habe mir den Fuß gebrochen. Dutch: Ik heb mijn voet gebroken. …
hyphenation - Use of hyphen with the prefix "post-" - English …
2016年11月8日 · This is a comparatively recent revival of the old Latin preposition post, which gave birth to the prefix post-. Oxford Dictionaries Online says this freestanding practice began …
word choice - from both within and without/outside - English …
2025年1月14日 · I know there have been a few questions already about the word "without" in relation to the word "within" and, reading them, I know for example that "without" does in fact …