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Where does “affixe” come from?

affixe (French) comes from Latin affixus, from Latin affigo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

affixe (French): affix; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. affix; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “affixe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaffixusattached
2LatinaffigoI fix or fasten on to; I affix or attach; I...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affixe”

  • affixe
  • affixer
  • afix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →