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What does the prefix am mean?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/12/2021

Am- is not a prefix in its own right.

It may form a part of another prefix (such as amphi- in 'amphitheatre' or ambi- in 'ambivalent', both meaning 'both').

It may include the prefix plus the beginning of the root, as in 'amorphous' (a- meaning 'without' and morphe meaning 'form').

In words like 'amatory' and 'ambulance', there is no prefix; the root just happens to start with am (respectively, amator meaning 'lover' and ambulans meaning 'walking').

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Gabriella Roob

Lvl 10
3y ago

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