Where does “fixation” come from?

Fixation comes from Old French fixation, derived from the Latin fixus, meaning fixed or fastened.

fixation (English): The act of fixing; The state of being fixed or...

Definitions

  1. The act of fixing; The state of being fixed or...

Ancestry of “fixation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfixation

Words derived from “fixation

Every word from Old French fixation
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