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Where does “suffixer” come from?

suffixer (French) comes from French suffixe, from Latin suffixus, from Latin suffigo, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

suffixer (French): to suffix

Definitions

  1. to suffix

Ancestry of “suffixer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuffixesuffix; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinsuffixusfastened
3LatinsuffigoI fasten or fix onto
4Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
5Proto-Italicsupo—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →