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ABSTRACT
Term for the Greek prefix a-lan-derived from Indo-European * (Lat. in-, Eng. un-) that is used to negate the expression it precedes, e.g. a+thiest (<Grk átheos ‘godless’), a+nonymous (<Grk ‘without a name’).
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