suffix
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
suffix /ˈsʌfɪks/
▶noun
- 1 a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative (e.g. -ation).
- 2 Mathematics another term for subscript.
– derivatives
suffixation noun.
suffixation noun.
– origin C18: from mod. L. suffixum, neut. past part. (used as n.) of L. suffigere, from sub- ‘subordinately’ + figere ‘fasten’.
'suffix' also found in these Oxford entries:
-a
- -a
- -a
- -ability
- -able
- -ac
- -acal
- -acea
- -aceae
- -acean
- -aceous
- -acious
- -acity
- -acy
- -ad
- -ad
- -ade
- -ade
- -ade
- -ado
- -ae
- Afrikaner
- -age
- -aholic
- ait
- -al
- -ales
- -alia
- -ally
- Amatriciana
- -an
- -ana
- -ance
- -ancy
- -and
- -ane
- -ane
- -aneous
- -ant
- antheridium
- -ar
- -ar
- -ar
- -ar
- -ard
- -arian
- -arious
- -arium
- -ary
- -ary
