infix
noun
a morpheme or an entire word that is inserted within the body of another word or element, as Latin m in accumbō “I lie down,” as compared with accubuī “I lay down.”
infixation
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a word derived from
infix.
Example Sentences
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A peculiarly interesting type of infixation is found in the Siouan languages, in which certain verbs insert the pronominal elements into the very body of the radical element, e.g.,
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
The infixation of pronominal objects between a verbal particle and the verb itself continues in use down to the present day as in Breton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
