preformative

Etymology
From, modelled after 🇨🇬 (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).

Noun

 * 1)  a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

Translations

 * German: Präformativ, Präformativum
 * Latin: praeformativus

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to preformation.
 * 2) Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
 * 3)  of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.

Translations

 * German: präformativ