English
suffigation
Suffigation comes from Latin suffīgō ‘to fasten onto’, 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 CEsuffīgō‘to fasten onto’
- Englishtodaysuffigation
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 CEsuffīgō‘to fasten onto’
- Englishtodaysuffigation
Formed from Latin suffīgō (“to fasten onto”) + -ation
The story
The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to plant’
final, fine, finish, definition, dig, infinite, ditch, infinity, finite, fin, dyke, financier, dike, infinitive, fino, finis, finial, 22 more
through Latin fīvō ‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
through Latin fīgō ‘to fasten, fix’
Today it means
noun Synonym of suffixation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- / suffigation