prefixhood

English

Etymology

From prefix +‎ -hood.

Noun

prefixhood (uncountable)

  1. (grammar) The state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix.
    • 2007, Paul V. De Lacy, The Cambridge handbook of phonology, page 459:
      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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