are prefixing

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of prefix.
  prefix

  noun

  an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.

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are prefixing

A considerable majority of known languages are prefixing and suffixing at one and the same time, but the relative importance of the two groups of affixed elements naturally varies enormously.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

The Semitic languages, for instance, are prefixing, suffixing, and symbolic at one and the same time.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

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