infix

Meanings

Verb

• To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
• To instill.
• To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

Noun

• A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
• A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English.

Origin

• from Middle English infixed, from Latin infixus, past participle of infigere.