English
defix
Defix comes from Latin defixus ‘stuck, thrust (weapon)’, from defigere ‘to fix’, and ultimately from fīgō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgōas figere‘to fix’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdefigere‘to fix’next step skipped: Latin dēfīgō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdefixus‘stuck, thrust (weapon)’past participle of defigere
- Englishearliest quotation 1589defix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgōas figere‘to fix’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdefigere‘to fix’next step skipped: Latin dēfīgō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdefixus‘stuck, thrust (weapon)’past participle of defigere
- Englishearliest quotation 1589defix
Earliest quotation: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations: “to defixe their princely seate […] in that extreme…”
Linked words
through Latin fīgō ‘to fix’
Today it means
verb To fix, fasten, or establish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fīgō / defix