The word prefix contains the prefix pre- (which means before) and the root word fix (which means to fasten or place). Thus the word prefix means to place before.. Prefixation (the process of adding a prefix to a word) is a common way of forming new words in English. See Examples and Observations below. Also see:1  Common Prefixes in English. 2  Affix. 3  Affixation. 4  Infix. 5  Inflectional Morphology. 6  Morpheme. 7  Practice in Identifying Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words.hus the word prefix means to place before.. Prefixation (the process of adding a prefix to a word) is a common way of forming new words in English. See Examples and Observations below. Also see: 1  Common Prefixes in English. 2  Affix. 3  Affixation. 4  Infix.
A party to reveal your baby's gender? Parents-to-be are throwing parties to reveal their baby's sex to friends and family. Though expectant couples traditionally learn the sex of their fetus from a doctor, some are choosing a more festive route â and getting the big news from a cake.
National Woman's Party. The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's organization formed in 1916 as an outgrowth of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, which had been formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to fight for women's suffrage.