"disfix" meaning in English

See disfix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: disfixes [plural]
Etymology: dis- + -fix Etymology templates: {{af|en|dis-|-fix}} dis- + -fix Head templates: {{en-noun}} disfix (plural disfixes)
  1. (linguistics) A subtractive morpheme, that is, a morpheme which manifests itself through elision (the removal of segments from a root or stem). Wikipedia link: disfix Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: disfixation Related terms: affix, infix, prefix, suffix, back-formation

Inflected forms

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