Etymograph

English

fixure

Fixure comes from Latin fixura ‘a fastening’, and goes back to fīgō ‘to fix’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgō1as figere‘to fix’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfixura1‘a fastening’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1602fixure1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English fixure
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida: “Divert and crack, rend and deracinate / The unity…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīgōWiktionary, English fixureas figere‘to fix’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfixuraWiktionary, English fixure‘a fastening’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1602fixureWiktionary, English fixure. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida: “Divert and crack, rend and deracinate / The unity…”

Linked words

through Latin fīgō ‘to fix’

fix, crucify, suffix, 13 more

Today it means

noun Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.

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

Etymograph / Latin fīgō / fixure

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