fix

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeygʷ-“to jab; stick; set”
2. Latin · derived fromfīxus“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”
3. Old French · derived from*fixer
4. Middle English · inherited fromfixen
5. English todayfix

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

Words from the same roots