0 a word or group of letters that is added to the beginning or end of words to change or add meaning: --
1 a word part to which prefixes and word endings or other combining forms can be added to make a word, as "bio-," "-graphy," and "-logy" combine to make "biology" and "biography" --
Depending on precisely how one defines a derivational prefix, some of the neoclassical combining forms may or may not qualify for inclusion in such a list.
The combining forms are used to form higher numbers.
The combining forms are used to form the tens, hundreds, thousands, and millions.
Recco only recorded 116; the combining forms for 1116, which did not have this "-ir-", are included as the hyphenated forms in the table above.
Suffixes are categorized as either (1) needing the combining form, or (2) not needing the combining form since they start with a vowel.
Here the suffix appears in the combining form.
The prefix cyno- comes from the combining form of meaning dog.
Ethno- a combining form meaning race, culture, people, used in the formation of compound words: ethnography.