Where does “fixer” come from?
fixer (Old French) comes from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō, from Proto-Italic feigʷō — to insert; to fasten.
Ancestry of “fixer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | fix | inflection of fil:
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| 2 | Latin | fīxus | — |
| 3 | Latin | fīgō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |
Words derived from “fixer”