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Vinony

suffix

noun

  1. type of morpheme
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfɪks/ / /səˈfɪks/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.

  1. A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

    “The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".”

    “The praenomen and nomen for the most part consisted of simple stems with the suffix -us or -ius, […]”

  2. A subscript.
  3. A final segment of a string of characters.

    “The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.

  1. To append (something) to the end of something else.