Etymograph

English

superfix

From super- + -fix.

Formed from super + fix

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

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Latin super ‘above’

Latin super-

Middle English super-

English super-

English super

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to jab’

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Latin fīxus ‘immovable’

Old French fix ‘fastened’

Old French *fixer

Middle English fixen

English fix

Today it means

noun One or more letters or sounds added at the top of a word to modify the meaning.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / superfix