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Where does “-fix” come from?

-fix (English) comes from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-.

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Ancestry of “-fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīgere—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰēygʷ-—

Words derived from “-fix”

  • circumfix
  • confix
  • ambifix
  • circumfixal
  • libfix
  • disfix
  • adfix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ- →