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-1‘to plant’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feigʷō1‘to fasten’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīvō1‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgō1‘to fasten, fix’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuffīgō2‘to fasten onto’
- Englishtodaysuffigation2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin suffigo
- 2 Wiktionary, English suffigation
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeygʷ-Wiktionary, Latin suffigo‘to plant’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*feigʷōWiktionary, Latin suffigo‘to fasten’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīvōWiktionary, Latin suffigo‘Old Latin form of fīgō (“to fasten”)’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgōWiktionary, Latin suffigo‘to fasten, fix’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuffīgōWiktionary, English suffigation‘to fasten onto’
- EnglishtodaysuffigationWiktionary, English suffigation
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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “suffigation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin suffigo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- / suffigation