English
infix
Infix comes from Latin infixus ‘fastened, fixed, implanted’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to plant’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeygʷ-‘to plant’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feigʷō‘to fasten’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīvō‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgō‘to fasten, fix’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfigō‘to fasten in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfixus‘fastened, fixed, implanted’past participle of infigō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500infixed‘stuck in’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596infix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeygʷ-‘to plant’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feigʷō‘to fasten’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīvō‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgō‘to fasten, fix’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfigō‘to fasten in’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinfixus‘fastened, fixed, implanted’past participle of infigō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500infixed‘stuck in’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596infix
Earliest quotation: c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King Iohn: “[…] in her eye I find A wonder, or…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to plant’
final, fine, finish, dig, definition, ditch, infinite, dyke, finite, infinity, fin, dike, financier, infinitive, finis, fino, finial, 22 more
through Latin fīvō ‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
through Latin fīgō ‘to fasten, fix’
Today it means
verb To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- / infix