English
affixation
From affix + -ation.
A compound of affix + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘to, towards’
Latin affixus ‘attached’
English affix
Today it means
noun The adding of an affix to a word.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / affixation