Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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prefix
Synonym of ronto- (used before an official prefix existed). Symbol: x
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, morpheme
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Synonyms: ronto-
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), for the ninth order of 103; with the letter x added for the third term in a series running backwards through the alphabet (after zepto- and yocto-). The final o conforms to the final vowels of the SI series from micro- downwards.
