prefixion

From Latin praefīxiō.^[1] Compare Old French prefixion. By surface analysis, prefix +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈfɪk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

prefixion (countable and uncountable, plural prefixions)

1. (archaic) The act of prefixing: synonym of prefixation.
   • 1642, Christopher Vernon, Considerations for regulating the Exchequer:

     […] Sheriffe which shall not so appeare at his said day of prefixion before the Treasurer and Barons

• “prefixion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.