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Prefixes

ā-, ab- (away, from)

ab-ducō, lead to (abduct)

ad- (to, towards, in addition)

ad-vocō, call to (advocate)

ante- (before)

ante-cēdō, to go before, precede (antecedent)

circum- (around)

circum-stō, stand around (circumstance)

com-, cum-, con-, cor-, col-, co-, - (with, together)

com-pōnō, put together, compose (component)

cōn-sentiō, feel together, agree (consent)

contrā- (against, opposite)

contrā-dicō, speak against or oppose, opposite (contradict)

contrā-veniō, come against (contravene)

Total-Partial

Total: The sound becomes identical to another by taking on all of it’s phonetic features

Partial: The assimilating sound acquires some traits of another, but does not become fully identical to it.

Regressive-Progressive

Regressive (anticipatory): A change in which the sound that undergoes the change comes earlier in the word (nearer the beginning) than the sound which causes or conditions the assimilation.

Progressive: Changes that affect sounds which come later in the word than (closer to the end of the word) the conditioning environment.

Total Contact Regressive Assimilation (Latin-> Italian)

Octo-> Otto (It.)   Noctem-> Notte (It.)   Factum-> Fatto (It.)   /k/ is before /t/ which conditions it to change; thus it’s regressive. The /k/ is immediately adjacent to /t/; thus it’s a contact change.

More examples: Somnus->Sonno (It.)   Septem->Sette (It.)

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