Where does “suffixes” come from?

suffixes (English) comes from English suffix, from Latin suffixus, from Latin suffigo, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

suffixes (English): plural of suffix; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of suffix; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “suffixes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuffixA morpheme added at the end of a word to modify...
2Latinsuffixusfastened
3LatinsuffigoI fasten or fix onto
4Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
5Proto-Italicsupounder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Italic supo →
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