What is the prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved called?
prosthesis — (Gram.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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