Where does “fix” come from?

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

fix (Middle High German): quick

Definitions

  1. quick

Ancestry of “fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
2Latinfīxusunwavering
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fix”

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →Every word from Latin fīgō →Every word from Latin fīxus →