Where does “fighting” come from?
Fighting derives from Middle English fightynge, Old English fihtung, Proto-Germanic fehtandz and fehtaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peḱ-.
fighting (English): present participle of fight; Engaged in war or...
Definitions
- present participle of fight; Engaged in war or...
Ancestry of “fighting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | feghtyng | — |
| 2 | Old English | feohtende | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fehtandz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fehtaną | to comb, detangle; to struggle , fight; to shear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |
Words derived from “fighting”