Where does “Suffix” come from?
Suffix (German) comes 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-.
Suffix (German): suffix, postfix
Ancestry of “Suffix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | suffixum | nominative neuter singular of suffīxus;... |
| 2 | Latin | suffixus | fastened |
| 3 | Latin | suffigo | I fasten or fix onto |
| 4 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “Suffix”