Where does “Fixiersalz” come from?
Fixiersalz (German) comes from German fixieren, from French fixer, from Middle French fixer, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Fixiersalz (German): fixer
Definitions
- fixer
Ancestry of “Fixiersalz”, step by step
Fixiersalz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fixieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fixieren | to fixate |
| 2 | French | fixer | to fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle |
| 3 | Middle French | fixer | to fix; to fasten |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |