Where does “fix” come from?

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

fix (Hunsrik): quick; fast

Definitions

  1. quick; fast

Ancestry of “fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfixquick
2Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
3Latinfīxusunwavering
4Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Latin fīxus →