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Where does “fīxus” come from?

fīxus (Latin) comes from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.

Ancestry of “fīxus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīgō—
2Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →