fend

English

/fɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
  • (rare) To defend, to take care of (); to block or push away ().

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fenden (fight, defend, prevent) derived from Old French deffendre derived from Latin dēfendō (ward off, defend, I defend), *fendō (hit, thrust) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰen-

Gloss

kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji

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