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Where does “fixe” come from?

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

fixe (Norman): fixed

Definitions

  1. fixed

Ancestry of “fixe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
2Latinfīxus—
3Latinfīgō—
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fixe”

  • fixément
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