Etymograph

English

fixer-upper

From a reduplicating suffixation of fix up, equivalent to fix + -er + up + -er.

Formed from fix + -er + up + -er

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-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

Today it means

noun A house, property, car, or other object that needs to be fixed up or repaired, often purchased as an investment.

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

Etymograph / fixer-upper