subfix1
/ˈsʌbfɪks/noun
In the writing system of the ancient Maya: an affix positioned below the main sign.
Origin
Late 18th century (in an earlier sense). Probably partly an alteration of suffix after sub-, and partly from sub- + -fix. Compare earlier subfix.
subfix2
/ˌsʌbˈfɪks/verb
1 [with object] To fix on or attach below or to the end of something else; to append. Now rare.
2 [with object] (Chiefly in pass.). In the writing system of the ancient Maya: to attach as a subfix: see subfix.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Baker. Either from classical Latin subfix-, suffix-, past participial stem of subfīgere, suffīgere, or from sub- + fix.