Answer by Jonathan Scholbach for The origin of words used as prefixes and...
It is indeed a good memorization strategy to dig deeper into the etymology of words. This holds true not only for suffixes, but also for them. (Beware of using this strategy for prefixes, though,...
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My German teacher explained the meaning of the word "prestigeträchtig". The word prestige is no brainer but he said the suffix -trächtig comes from the verb "tragen", which fascinated me a lot since I...
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