To attach, fasten, or add one thing to another, especially in a permanent way.
From Latin ad- (to) + fixus (fixed, past participle of figere meaning 'to fasten'). Combined, it means literally 'to fasten to.'
In linguistics, affixes (prefixes and suffixes) adfix to root words—which is why the term makes perfect sense; you're literally fixing morphemes to words!
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