postformative
postformativ
Forming or affecting something that comes beforeForming or affecting something that comes before.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Forming or affecting something that comes before.
postformativ
(not comparable)Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).
Translations
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By meaning 1
attached to the end of a word as a formative element:
Origin
From post- (prefix meaning ‘after’) + formative, modelled after preformative.From post- (prefix meaning ‘after’) + formative, modelled after preformative.
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