Where does “fix” come from?

Fix comes from Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxen, from Old French fixe, from Latin fixus, the past participle of Latin figere meaning to fasten or make firm, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-.

fix (English): To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix; To...

Definitions

  1. To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix; To...

Ancestry of “fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfixena vixen
2Old Englishfyxenvixen
3Proto-West Germanicfuhsinivixen, female fox
4Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
5Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “fix

Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱ-