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My apology and please no apoplexy if this is apostasy or has been covered but what unusual prefixes or suffixes can you gift us with? Mine obviously is apo- even though often thought of as an integral part of a root word.
 
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As far as affixes go, here's a list of prefixes in English (link) and suffixes (link). Later we can discuss the difference between a suffix and a desinence.

My vote for prefix is y as in yclept (related to the ge- in German past participles such as gekommen) and for suffix -[i]gate or -rama.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
 
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