Where does “fix” come from?

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

fix (Romanian): fixed

Definitions

  1. fixed

Ancestry of “fix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfixefixed; first-person singular present indicative...
2Middle Frenchfixefixed
3Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
4Latinfīxusunwavering
5Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
6Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Italic feigʷō →