Where does “fixing” come from?
Fixing comes from Middle English fixen, Old English fyxen, Old French fixe, and Latin fixus, the past participle of figere, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʰ-.
fixing (English): The act of subverting a vote; Something to aid...
Definitions
- The act of subverting a vote; Something to aid...
Ancestry of “fixing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fix | To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | fixen | a vixen |
| 3 | Old English | fyxen | vixen |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhsini | vixen, female fox |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhs | fox |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fuhsaz | fox |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | púḱsos | the tailed one |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puḱ- | tail; press together |