Meanings
nounsuffixoid (plural suffixoids)
plural suffixoids
- human sciencesA wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
Synonyms: semisuffix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wordfinal segment that has characteristics of both a free morpheme and a bound morpheme.
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Origin
From suffix + -oid, Coined by US etymologist and philologist Yakov Malkiel circa 1966.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 类后缀
- 类后缀Translations
Czech sufixoid
- sufixoidTranslations
Finnish suffiksoidi
- suffiksoidiTranslations
German Suffixoid
- SuffixoidTranslations
Polish sufiksoid
- sufiksoidTranslations
Spanish sufixoide, sufijoide
- sufixoideTranslations
- sufijoideTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
suffixoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffixoid
MLA
“suffixoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffixoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suffixoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suffixoid.
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