A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example, when the prefix un-is added to the word happy, it creates the word unhappy.Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed.

For example, when the prefix un- is added to the word happy, it creates the word unhappy. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed. Pin. Prefix List. 1. a, ab, abs. Meaning: Away from.

Akkadian (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /, Akkadian: ???????????????? akkadû) is an East Semitic language, now extinct, that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa and Babylonia) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement by Akkadian-influenced Old Aramaic among Mesopotamians by the 8th century BC.. It is the earliest documented Semitic language.