affixation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin affīgō

Latin affīxusbor.

English affix

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English affixation

From affix + -ation.

Noun

affixation (plural affixations)

1. (linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word.

   Synonym: affixion

Derived terms

• affixational

Related terms

• affix
• infix
• infixation
• interfix
• interfixation
• prefix
• prefixation
• prefixion
• suffix
• suffixation
• suffixion

Translations

addition of an affix

• French: affixation (fr) f
• German: Affigieren n, Affigierung (de) f, Affixation f
• Kazakh: аффиксация (affıyksacıya)
• Korean: 부가 (ko) (buga), 첨부 (ko) (cheombu)
• Polish: afiksacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: afixação f
• Swahili: uambishaji

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fik.sa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

affixation f (plural affixations)

1. affixation