subfix

[ suhb-fiks ]

noun

1. subscript ( def 4 ).

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg