Suffix \Suf*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffixing}.] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
Suffix \Suf"fix\, n. [L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See {Fix}.] 1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.
2. (Math.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See {Subscript}, a.
The suffix "on" as homage to such energy giants as Exxon and Chevron Corp.
What's the betting that the Chatterjee use of suffix will get into the next edition of the OED? Examples of such stylistic affectation could be multiplied.
By the 1960s scientists were calling these waves solitons, coined from "solitary" and the suffix "-on," denoting a unit or a quantum.
In other languages, for instance, plural forms usually add something, be it an "s" in English or some prefix or suffix, Ms. Hardy said.