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Where does “ファイト” come from?

ファイト (Japanese) comes from English fight, from Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

ファイト (Japanese): a competitive match, a fight, particularly a...

Definitions

  1. a competitive match, a fight, particularly a...

Ancestry of “ファイト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfightTo contend in physical conflict, either singly or...
2Middle EnglishfightenSimple past faght and past participle foghten...
3Old Englishfeohtanto fight
4Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
5Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle; to struggle , fight; to shear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
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