English

technofix

From techno- + fix, short for technological fix.

Formed from techno- + fix

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’

Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂

Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill, trade’

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

Today it means

noun A technological solution to a problem.

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

Etymograph / technofix