English

Mr Fixit

Mr + fix + it

A compound of Mr + fix + it

English Mister

English Mr

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ‘to jab’

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Latin fīxus ‘immovable’

Old French fix ‘fastened’

Old French *fixer

Middle English fixen

English fix

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- ‘this’

Proto-Germanic *hit ‘this’

Proto-West Germanic *hit

Old English hit

Middle English hit

English it

Today it means

noun A man who is skilled at repairing things or finding solutions to problems.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mr Fixit