A common prefix in words of Latin or French origin; e.g., precellence, precessioun, precognicion, predicament, prelacie, prerogatif, prevaricatour (nouns); precise, prefinite, prejudicial,……

A common prefix in words derived from Latin or French; e.g., probleme, processionarie, progenitour, pronosticacioun, propugnacle, prosperite, provincial (nouns); profounde, prolixe, propicious,……

A rare prefix occurring in a few ME nouns & adjectives: prothogol, prothomartir, prothonotarie; prothopaciens, prothopassive. It was not a living prefix in ME. …

A rare prefix in Middle English, signifying 'false, hypocritical, counterfeit', appearing chiefly in borrowings from Latin, but occasionally in ME formations modeled on Latin words: pseudofrere,……

A prefix found in words of French origin; e.g., purpartie, purseint, pursevaunt, purveiaunce, purveiour (nouns); purveiable (adj.); purchasen, purfilen, purloinen, purpensen, purposen (verbs)……

In many verbs and derivatives of verbs from L or OF or both, meaning 'back from', 'backwards': rebouten, recurve adj., reflecten, rejecte n., replien, retorte ppl.; 'back to (a place of origin)'……

A native prefix added usually to adjectives, occasionally to nouns, indicating incompleteness, a partial or imperfect condition, etc.: samcrisp, samded, samhale, samlerede, samred, samripe,……

An infrequent prefix, attached to adjectives, translating L con-, com-: e.g., samendighte, samenstrengthed, samenthik. …

Half: (a) in words of Latin (or OF from L) origin; e.g., in nouns: semibrefe, semidiametre, semiton; in adjectives: semicirculer, semicocte, semimature, semivif, semivocal; (b) in ME formations……

A prefix in nouns derived from OF or formed in ME, usu. denoting subordination in rank of persons: soubaili, soubaillif, soucelerer(e, soudeken, souden, souprior, sousextein, souwardein, and perh……

A prefix in words derived primarily from L, occ. from OF, or from both, often with its original meaning still discernible: (a) 'subordinate or inferior in rank' (in nouns): subcelerer,……

A prefix in words derived primarily from L, sometimes from both L and OF, infrequently from OF only, with the basic meaning 'over, above': (a) usu. in the locative sense 'above, on top of, upon', in……

A prefix in words derived primarily from OF, occas. from AL (via AF), with senses similar to those of ME super- pref., for example: (a) 'above, on top of, upon, over', in various permutations (both……

An inseparable prefix or a combining element in verbs, participles, and gerunds and a combining element in nouns and adjectives; the prefix is freq. of OE origin for the verbs, occas. of OE origin……

A prefix or combining element in many parts of speech (a) In some forty verbs, four participles, and three gerunds it has the meanings of to adv.(1) and to prep., usu. indicating motion, direction,……

A prefix in well over 200 verbs and participles, thirteen gerunds usu. derived from the verbs, and eleven nouns. The prefix has two primary meanings (a) In the great majority of the verbs and gerunds……

A combining element or quasi-prefix in a few gerunds and participles, with the meaning of tofore(n adv. sense 2. or 3.: toforeknouing, toforelivinge; toforegoing, toforeiseid, toforeitolde,……

A combining element or quasi-prefix in a few gerunds and one noun, which are either renderings of Latin nouns with the prefix com-, con- (togederspeking, togederstiring, togederstourbling) or……

A prefix in more than seventy words from L or OF originally meaning 'across, over', 'through, to the other side', 'on the other side, beyond'. The great majority of these words are nouns and verbs……

A prefix or combining element in more than thirty words, chiefly nouns and adjectives, borrowed from L or OF meaning 'three, triple' or 'triply, three times', for example: the nouns tre-foil,……