Where does “fiks” come from?

fiks (Dutch) comes from Middle French fixe, from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

fiks (Dutch): strong; large, sizable; solid, fixed

Definitions

  1. strong; large, sizable; solid, fixed

Ancestry of “fiks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfixefixed
2Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
3Latinfīxusunwavering
4Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷōEvery word from Latin fīgōEvery word from Latin fīxus
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