Etymology

suffix

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Today it means: A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. Full definition →

Latin suffīxus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsuffīxus“suffix”
  2. English todaysuffix

Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.

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