transfix.
To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
Meaning & usage
To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
To fix or impale.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).
A discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes.
The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”).
Where this word comes from
From trans- + -fix.
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