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noun
Synonym of suffixation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: suffixation
Antonyms: prefigation
History
From the present stem of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten onto”) + -ation. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
