prefixion
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English
Etymology
From Latin praefīxiō.[1] Compare Old French prefixion. By surface analysis, prefix + -ion.
Noun
prefixion (countable and uncountable, plural prefixions)
- (archaic) The act of prefixing: synonym of prefixation.
- 1642, Christopher Vernon, Considerations for regulating the Exchequer:
- […] Sheriffe which shall not so appeare at his said day of prefixion before the Treasurer and Barons
References
- “prefixion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “prefixion, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
