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Affix Common

Affix has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

2

That which is affixed; an appendage.

Verb
1

attach to

"affix the seal here"

2

add to the very end

"He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"

3

attach or become attached to a stem word

"grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"

4

To attach.

Example Sentences
"affix the seal here" verb
"He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" verb
"grammatical morphemes affix to the stem" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bound morpheme attach
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
prefix suffix infix stamp seal post plaster annex

Origin

The word comes from the Latin affixus, meaning "fastened to," which is derived from the verb affigere. Although it looks like it could be split into English parts "a-" and "fix," its true origin lies in this single Latin root.

Rhyming Words
fix unfix adfix defix refix infix mixfix hotfix disfix perfix biofix confix libfix subfix prefix bugfix suffix postfix distfix overfix
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