fixer
/ˈfɪksə/FIK-sur
/ˈfɪksɚ/FIK-sur
Meaningone that fastens
Common meaning: a person or thing that fixes
- fixto fasten, fixLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 748 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinfīgō, fīxī, fīxum‘to fasten, fix’
- Frenchficher
- Englishfix‘to fasten’
- Englishformed in English from fixfixer‘a person or thing that fixes’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that fastens. It can be inferred from any of: fix.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from fix + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- fīgō, fīxī, fīxum Latin “to fasten, fix”
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