Where does “fight” come from?
Fight comes from Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root peḱ-.
fight (English): To contend in physical conflict, either singly or...
Definitions
- To contend in physical conflict, either singly or...
Ancestry of “fight”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fighten | Simple past faght and past participle foghten... |
| 2 | Old English | feohtan | to fight |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fehtan | to fight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fehtaną | to comb, detangle; to struggle , fight; to shear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |
Words derived from “fight”