Where does “fiss” come from?

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

fiss (Maltese): fixed, firm

Definitions

  1. fixed, firm

Ancestry of “fiss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfissofixed; regular, stable, steady; fixedly, intently
2Latinfīxusunwavering
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Latin fīxus →
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