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Where does “fixer” come from?

fixer (French) comes from Middle French fixer, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

fixer (French): to fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle

Definitions

  1. to fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle

Ancestry of “fixer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfixer—
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “fixer”

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