affixal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin affīgō

Latin affīxusbor.

English affix

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English affixal

From affix + -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

affixal (not comparable)

1. As or like an affix.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 453:

     In this chapter, the lexical evidence has been examined for the affixal nature of various sequences in the pre-Roman language(s) of Sardinia.

Derived terms

• affixally

Translations

as an affix

• Polish: afiksalny (pl)
• Portuguese: afixal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fik.sal/

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Adjective

affixal (feminine affixale, masculine plural affixaux, feminine plural affixales)

1. affixal

Further reading

• “affixal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012