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Where does “infix” come from?

infix (English) comes from Middle English infixed, from Latin infixus, from Latin īnfīgō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

infix (English): To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting...

Definitions

  1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting...

Ancestry of “infix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishinfixedstuck in
2Latininfixusfastened, fixed, implanted
3Latinīnfīgō—
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “infix”

  • infixation
  • infixal
  • infixally
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