Where does “postfix” come from?
Postfix comes from English post (as a prefix meaning "after") and Latin fixus (past participle of figere, "to fasten"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-, "to fix or make firm."
postfix (English): To suffix; To subject a sample to postfixation;...
Definitions
- To suffix; To subject a sample to postfixation;...
Ancestry of “postfix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fix | To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | fixen | a vixen |
| 3 | Old English | fyxen | vixen |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhsini | vixen, female fox |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhs | fox |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fuhsaz | fox |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | púḱsos | the tailed one |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puḱ- | tail; press together |