An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A linguistic element added to a word or root to produce a derived or inflected form. General term for → infix, → prefix, → suffix, and → circumfix.

From L. affixus "fastened to," p.p. of affigere "fasten to, attach," from af-, variant of → ad- "to" + figere "fasten."

Vand, variant band "tie, band," present stem of Mod.-Mid./Pers. bastan/vastan "to bind, shut;" Av./O.Pers. band- "to bind, fetter," banda- "band, tie;" cf. Skt. bandh- "to bind, tie, fasten;" PIE *bhendh- "to bind," cf. Ger. binden, E. bind.

An → affix made up of two separate parts which surround and attach to a base.

→ circum-; → affix.

1) To make fast, firm, or stable.
2) To place definitely and more or less permanently (Dictionary.com).

M.E. fixen, probably from O.Fr. fixe "fixed," from L. fixus "fixed, fast, established, settled," p.p. of figere "to fix, fasten."

Infinitive, from barjâ, → fixed.

The act of fixing or the state of being fixed.

Verbal noun of → fix; → -tion.

1) Fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
2) Rendered stable or permanent, as color.
3) Set or intent upon something; steadily directed (Dictionary.com).

Past participle from → fix.

Barjâ "fixed; in place; properly placed," from bar "on, upon, up," → object, + jâ, → place,

A → heavenly body that, in → contrast to the → planets, does not appear to change its relative → position on the → celestial sphere.

Fixed, p.p. of → fix; → star.

Setâré, → star; barjâ, → fixed.
Istâdé (Biruni in at-Tafhim) "standing," from istâdan "to stand;" O.Pers./Av. sta- "to stand, stand still; set" (cf. Skt. sthâ- "to stand;" Gk. histemi "put, place, weigh;" stasis "a standing still;" Lith. statau "place;" Goth. standan; L. stare "to stand;" PIE base *sta- "to stand");
Biyâbâni (Biruni in at-Tafhim), from Mid.Pers. awiyâbânig "fixed," from negation prefix → a- + wiyâbânig "wandering," from wiyâbân "deluded, seduced," wiyâbânênidan "to lead astray, deceive," from Av. vi- "apart, away from, out" (O.Pers. viy- "apart, away;" cf. Skt. vi- "apart, asunder, away, out;" L. vitare "to avoid, turn aside") + dab- "to deceive;" cf. Skt. vimugdha- "confused, bewildered," vimohita- "confused, infatuated." Note that biyâbân "desert" is from an other origin.

An → affix that is inserted within a root or stem.

From L. infixus p.p. of infigere "to fasten in," from in- + figere "fasten."

Darvand, from dar- "in" + vand, → affix.

An → inflection that is added at the end of a root word. In English there are eight inflectional affixes, which are all suffixes. They always follow derivational suffixes and do not change the category of a word.

→ inflectional + → affix.

A prefix that highly emphasizes roots of words to which it is attached. In other words, intensive prefixes heighten the force of the primary meanings of words. These prefixes can effectively be translated as "thoroughly" to highlight their intensive function. For example the prefixes → re-, → de-, and → com-.

→ intensive; → prefix.

Any of the suffixes adopted by the International System of Units (→ SI units).
For numbers larger than 1: → deca- (10¹), → hecto- (10²), → kilo- (10³), → mega- (10⁶), → giga- (10⁹), → tera- (10¹²), → peta- (10¹⁵), → exa- (10¹⁸), → zetta- (10²¹), and → yotta- (10²⁴) .
For numbers smaller than 1: → deci- (10^-1), → centi- (10^-2), → milli- (10^-3), → micro- (10^-6), → nano- (10^-9), → pico- (10^-12), → femto- (10^-15), → atto- (10^-18), → zepto- (10^-21), and → yocto- (10^-24).

→ metric; → prefix.

An → affix that is placed before a base to denote a modified meaning or make another word.

→ pre-; → affix.

An → affix that follows the base to which it is added.

N.L. from suffixus, p.p. of suffigere "to attach on top of," from suf-, variant of → sub- + figere "fasten."

Pasvand, from pas- "after, behind," → back-, + vand, → affix.