subfix

[suhb-fiks]

noun

1. subscript.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subfix¹

1890–95; sub- + -fix, extracted from prefix, suffix, etc.

Example Sentences

In the affixes, the superfix and prefix positions may as a general rule be regarded as wholly identical; also the subfix and postfix positions.

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A classified list shows 28 compounds of this glyph, 20 of these showing the subfix, and combined with a face or other prefix.

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As the subfix in plate LXIV, 48, is the character I have usually interpreted by u, this would give us some of the elements of the name Kukulcan and not Itzamna, as Seler and Schellhas suppose.

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