Question 1

What does "préfixe" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

First person singular present indicative of préfixer.
Third person singular present indicative of préfixer.
First person singular present subjunctive of préfixer.
Third person singular present subjunctive of préfixer.
Second person singular imperative of préfixer.

Question 2

Where does the French word "préfixe" come from?

Accepted Answer

Sardou explains: "I have used the noun préfixe quite frequently [...] I have made this word feminine [...] it is wrongly, in my opinion, that some people, giving as a reason that the German grammarians use the Latin neuter praefixum in this case, say le préfixe, un préfixe. This word is for us, French, the adjective préfixe taken substantively [...] and here the substantive understood is the particle."

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