Where does “fixír” come from?

fixír (Hungarian) 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).

fixír (Hungarian): fixer chemical that stabilizes developed photographs

Definitions

  1. fixer chemical that stabilizes developed photographs

Ancestry of “fixír”, step by step

fixír traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fixieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfixierento fixate
2Frenchfixerto fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle
3Middle Frenchfixerto fix; to fasten
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Hungarian fixírsó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfixírsósodium thiosulphate an inorganic compound with the formula Na2S2O3.xH2O
2Hungariansalt
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old French -ier
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