infix.
To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
Meaning & usage
To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
to infix a sting, spear, or dart
The fatal Dart a ready Passage found, And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:
To instill.
To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.
Synonym of interfix.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
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