Where does “suffixoid” come from?
suffixoid (English) comes from German Suffix, from Latin suffixum, from Latin suffixus, from Latin suffigo, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
suffixoid (English): A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of...
Definitions
- A wordfinal segment that has characteristics of...
Ancestry of “suffixoid”, step by step
suffixoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Suffix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Suffix | suffix, postfix |
| 2 | Latin | suffixum | nominative neuter singular of suffīxus;... |
| 3 | Latin | suffixus | fastened |
| 4 | Latin | suffigo | I fasten or fix onto |
| 5 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English suffix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suffix | A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify... |