afikso

Esperanto

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 affīxusder.

Esperanto afikso

From Latin affīxus. Cognate of English affix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfikso/

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• Rhymes: -ikso
• Syllabification: a‧fik‧so

Noun

afikso (accusative singular afikson, plural afiksoj, accusative plural afiksojn)

1. affix (a morpheme whose position within a word is not predictable from Esperanto word-compounding rules) (compare afiksoido)

   Among the official morphemes, the true antaŭafiksoj are bo-, eks-, ge-, mal-, pra-. These change the nature of the word, and therefore would occur at the end if they were part of a compound.

   Among the official morphemes, the true postafiksoj are -aĉ-, -ĉjo, -njo. These do not change the nature of the word, and therefore would occur at the beginning if they were part of a compound.

   -um- is sometimes included in this list, as it's irregular; however, it generally dominates the meaning of the word, and therefore would be expected to occur at the end

   Hyponyms: antaŭafikso, prefikso, postafikso, sufikso, enafikso

Derived terms

• afiksoido