| | ::::: Well, the prefix was originally {{term||bi-}}, then became {{term||be-}} in later Old English, was restored to {{term||bi-}}, {{term||by-}} in Middle English, and then changed back to {{term||be-}} in Modern English; but yes, it's the same prefix, in the same way that {{term|becrafian|lang=ang}} and {{term|becrave|lang=en}} are the same words. Nevertheless, those categories (as I understand them) are meant only for those words which were formed thus ''in the languages in question'', irrespective of how artificial the chronological divide between them is. Consider {{term|intempestive|lang=en}}: it derives from the Latin {{term|intempestivus|intempestīvus|lang=la}}, which itself derives from {{term|in-|lang=la}} + {{term|tempestivus|tempestīvus|lang=la}}; it is equivalent to {{term|in-|lang=en}} + {{term|tempestive|lang=en}}; would it be accurate to categorise {{term||intempestive}} in [[:Category:English words prefixed with in-]]? — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ ([[User:Doremítzwr|U]] · [[User talk:Doremítzwr|T]] · [[Special:Contributions/Doremítzwr|C]]) ~ 18:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC) | | ::::: Well, the prefix was originally {{term||bi-}}, then became {{term||be-}} in later Old English, was restored to {{term||bi-}}, {{term||by-}} in Middle English, and then changed back to {{term||be-}} in Modern English; but yes, it's the same prefix, in the same way that {{term|becrafian|lang=ang}} and {{term|becrave|lang=en}} are the same words. Nevertheless, those categories (as I understand them) are meant only for those words which were formed thus ''in the languages in question'', irrespective of how artificial the chronological divide between them is. Consider {{term|intempestive|lang=en}}: it derives from the Latin {{term|intempestivus|intempestīvus|lang=la}}, which itself derives from {{term|in-|lang=la}} + {{term|tempestivus|tempestīvus|lang=la}}; it is equivalent to {{term|in-|lang=en}} + {{term|tempestive|lang=en}}; would it be accurate to categorise {{term||intempestive}} in [[:Category:English words prefixed with in-]]? — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ ([[User:Doremítzwr|U]] · [[User talk:Doremítzwr|T]] · [[Special:Contributions/Doremítzwr|C]]) ~ 18:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC) |
