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Fix

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to repair something, or to fasten it firmly in place
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Stage 1 of 3
figere
Latin · ancient
"to fix, to fasten"
to fix, to fasten, with irregular past participle fixus
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Stage 2 of 3
fixer
French · 1400s
"to make something firmly attached or settled"
carried into French for making something firmly attached or settled
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Stage 3 of 3
fix
English · 1400s
"to repair something, or to make it firm and stable"
settled as the English word for repairing or making something firm and stable
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