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Where does “fixe” come from?

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

fixe (French): fixed; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. fixed; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “fixe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfixe—
2Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
3Latinfīxus—
4Latinfīgō—
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fixe”

  • prix fixe
  • fixement
  • fixer
  • fixisme
  • fixa
  • fixage
  • fixation
  • fixatif
  • fixateur
  • fixe
  • fixative
  • Fixiersalz
  • fixieren
  • Fixiermittel
  • fix
  • fixer
  • fix
  • fixál
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →