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The common element of prefix, suffix, and affix — all ultimately from Latin figere (“to fasten”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪks/

-fix

1. (grammar) Forming nouns denoting a morpheme used in word formation joined to a word in the specified way (e.g.: infix = "attached within", circumfix = "attached around").
2. (chiefly grammar) Forming verbs denoting fastening or attaching (something) in the specified way (e.g.: suffix = "append", prefix = "preface").

• Used to form new words only in language-related fields.

• circumfix
• confix
• infix

• -fixation