Where does “infighten” come from?

infighten (Middle English) comes from Old English infiht, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

infighten (Middle English): to attack

Definitions

  1. to attack

Ancestry of “infighten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinfihtan attack made upon a person by one inhabiting...
2Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “infighten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →
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