Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. · (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone. · To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. · To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
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.
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This page abbreviates 14 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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