Latin

figo

‘to fasten, fix’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin figo.

17 English words in this record descend from Latin figo, most familiar first.

• fix ← fixen ← *fixer ← fīxus
• suffix ← suffīxus ← fīxus
• crucify ← crucifien ← crucefier ← crucificō ← crucifigō
• soffit ← soffite ← soffitto ← *suffīctus ← suffīgō
• infix ← infixed ← infixus ← infigō
• transfix ← transfixer ← transfixer ← transfigō
• affiche ← afficher ← afichier ← fichier ← *fīg(i)cāre
• antefix ← antefīxa ← antefīxus ← fīxus
• confix ← configo
• crucifier ← crucifien ← crucefier ← crucificāre ← crucifigo
• defix ← defixus ← defigere
• fichu ← ficher

More words from figo

• fixure
• fitchy
• prefigation
• suffigation
• suffigal

Etymograph / Latin figo