Etymograph

English

jour fixe

Jour fixe comes from French jour fixe ‘fixed day’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentjour fixe‘fixed day’literally ‘fixed day’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentjour fixe‘fixed day’literally ‘fixed day’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from French jour fixe (literally “fixed day”).

Every English word from French jour fixe

Today it means

noun A series of presentations and/or performances, discussions or similar events that happen on a fixed day every month (or similar; for example, every second Sunday of a month). Used mainly by cultural and artistic organizations.

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

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