transfix

transfix · verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromtransfigō“to pierce through”
2. Old French · derived fromtransfixer
3. Middle French · borrowed fromtransfixer
4. English todaytransfix

From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).

transfix · noun²

From trans- + -fix.