Expertlatin
- What is the origin of suffix?
- What is Term etymology?
- What suffix means?
- What is the etymology of the word for?
What is the origin of suffix?
Borrowed from Latin suffixum (“suffix”), from sub (“under, beneath”) + fixus, perfect passive participle of figere (“to fasten, fix”).
What is Term etymology?
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. The English language is living and growing. Although many of our words have been part of our language for many years, new words are added all the time. Following are various ways our language is influenced.
What suffix means?
Suffix. -nia. Used to form the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive. tanulni (“to study”) → Tanulnia kell. (“He/she has to study. / You (formal) have to study.”)
What is the etymology of the word for?
Etymology. From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
