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Where does “affixer” come from?

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

affixer (French): to affix

Definitions

  1. to affix

Ancestry of “affixer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaffixeaffix; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinaffixusattached
3LatinaffigoI fix or fasten on to; I affix or attach; I...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “affixer”

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