To fix something is to repair it so it works again or to make a problem better. It can also mean to attach something firmly in place or to decide something so it cannot easily be changed.
“Fix” comes from Latin “fixus,” the past participle of “figere,” meaning “to fasten or attach.” Over time, the idea of “making something firm” expanded into “making a situation stable or repaired.”
The same word “fix” is used both when you repair a broken toy and when you say you “fixed” a game, meaning you secretly controlled the result. The core idea is always making something set, stable, or decided.
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