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suffix

/ˈsʌfɪks/SUH-fiks
/ˈsʌfɪks/SUH-fiks

Meaningfixed under (after)

Common meaning: an ending fastened on after a stem

‘under’ + ‘to fasten, fix’ → suffix

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KIT‘perceive’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 73, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinfīgō, fīxī, fīxum‘to fasten, fix’
  3. Englishsuffix‘an ending fastened on after a stem’ · today

fix also in: fixaffixprefixcrucifix

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fīgō ‘to fasten, fix’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fīgō, p. 748 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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