foresyllable

plural foresyllables · alternative fore-syllable

1. rareA syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.

   We had several things beginning with the same foresyllable.

   1902, Notes and Queries, John C. Francis, page 232

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   The " kar " is the same foresyllable that runs in Carthage and means a high place.

   1914, Keith Clark, The Spell of Spain, The Page Company, page 132

   C is strong like to "k." before "a," "o," "u," either simple vowels, or combined in diphthongs, as cankard, cautele, concord, coward, cunning, or when it ends a foresyllable before any other consonant as "c" "q" "k" "t" as in succede, acquaint, acknowledge, expecting.

   2005, Vivian Cook, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell, Touchstone, page 57

   Synonyms: prefix