Where does “fix” come from?

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

fix (Hungarian): fixed, steady; immovable; sure, certain

Definitions

  1. fixed, steady; immovable; sure, certain

Ancestry of “fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfixfixed; quick; smart
2Frenchfixefixed; first-person singular present indicative...
3Middle Frenchfixefixed
4Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
5Latinfīxusunwavering
6Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
7Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fix”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →