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The words below all begin with al-. In which word or words is al- an Arabic prefix?

alchemy
almighty
almond
algebra

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The words below all begin with al-. In which word or words is al- an Arabic prefix?So it's alchemy and algebra

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User Damaxxed
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Roughly translated to “the,” the Arabic word “al-” is prefixed to nouns to make them definite. I believe the correct answer from the choices listed above is the first option. It would be alchemy and algebra the words which uses "al-" as a prefix. Hope this answers the question.
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