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UKAffixation
/ɐfɪksˈeɪʃən/
/ɐfɪksˈeɪʃən/Affixation
[NOUN]
2
a process in morphology where affixes, which are bound morphemes, are attached to a base or root morpheme to create new words or modify the meaning or grammatical function of existing words
Examples
1. Well, I don't think that's a permanent affixation of his eyeballs.
2. They revived old vocabulary, used existing roots and affixations to create new words, and introduced some dialectal words on a national level, in order to expand the vocabulary.
3. Malay makes extensive use of this kind of affixation.
4. And despite the fact that Hungarian vocabulary has been widely influenced by other languages, the borrowed words are mostly older words that are further obscured through compounding and affixation.
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