Etymology

-mastix

mas·tix

Today it means: Suffix denoting a strong hatred and opposition of whatever thing the suffix is attached to. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μάστῐξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμάστῐξ“whip, scourge, plague”
  2. English today-mastix

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάστῐξ (mástĭx, “whip, scourge, plague”).

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