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

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

Words derived from “fixer

Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷōEvery word from Latin fīgōEvery word from Latin fīxus