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Where does “фикси́ровать” come from?

фикси́ровать (Russian) comes from German fixieren, from French fixer, from Middle French fixer, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Ancestry of “фикси́ровать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfixierento fixate
2Frenchfixerto fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle
3Middle Frenchfixer—
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “фикси́ровать”

  • фиксироваться
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