Interfix

An interfix or linking element[1] is a part of a word that is placed between two morphemes (such as two roots or a root and a suffix) and lacks a semantic meaning.[2]

  1. ^ Rochelle Lieber (2022). Introducing morphology (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108957960. ISBN 978-1-108-95796-0. OL 35578155M. Wikidata Q125778052.
  2. ^ Müller, Peter (2015). Word-Formation: An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe. Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 268. ISBN 9783110246247. Retrieved 2017-05-05.