figo.
to fasten, fix
Meaning & usage
to fasten, fix
to transfix, pierce
to erect, post, set up
to affirm, assert
to drive nails
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from the perfect stem fīx- under the influence of such as stringō, replacing earlier fīvō, the supine stem fīx- was also later taken from the perfect stem, replacing earlier fīct-; from Proto-Italic *feigʷō, from earlier *θeigʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéygʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”). Cognates include English ditch, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk, German Deich (“dike”) and Teich (“pond”) (all from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”). Not to be confused with the probably-unrelated Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form”) (the latter whence Latin fingō (“idem”), Sanskrit देहि (dehi-, “wall”) and देह (deha, “body”)).
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