affix

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
affix

▶verb /əˈfɪks/ attach or fasten to something else. ▶noun /ˈafɪks/ Grammar an addition to the base form or stem of a word that alters its meaning or creates a new word.

– derivatives
affixation noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. affixer or med. L. affixare, frequentative of L. affigere, from ad- ‘to’ + figere ‘to fix’.

'affix' also found in these Oxford entries:

adhibit - augmentative - post-date - privative

Forum discussions with the word(s) "affix" in the title:

'Affix a seal', what does it mean?
Does anyone know which english word is made of "root + affix + affix + root" in this order?
Post/affix/stick??

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