English

fixme

From fix + me.

A compound of fix + me

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 *h₁me-

Proto-Germanic *miz

Proto-West Germanic *miʀ

Old English mē

Middle English me

English me

Today it means

noun A comment explaining that a section of code requires fixing in some way.

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