infix
noun/ˈɪnfɪks/
/ˈɪnfɪks/
(grammar)- a letter or group of letters added to the middle of a word to change its meaningWord Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin infix- ‘fixed in’, from the verb infigere, from in- ‘into’ + figere ‘fasten’, reinforced by in- ‘into’ + fix. The noun is on the pattern of prefix and suffix.
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