"affixer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: affixers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin affīgō Latin affīxusbor. English affix English -er English affixer From affix + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|affix|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin affīgō Latin affīxusbor. English affix English -er English affixer [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "affīgō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "affīxus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "affix", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "affixer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="affixer"> From affix + -er., {{ety|en|:af|affix|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der. Proto-Italic *feigʷō Latin fīvō Latin fīgō Latin affīgō Latin affīxusbor. English affix Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English affixer From affix + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} affixer (plural affixers)
  1. A person or thing that affixes.

Inflected forms

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