fighting
English
/ˈfaɪtɪŋ/
verb form
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English feghtyng inherited from Old English feohtende inherited from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, *fehtaną (comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with) affix from English fight.
Origin
English
fight
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibullfighting English
- antifighting English
- armored combat English
- armored combat fight English
- armored combat fighting English
- armoured combat English
- armoured combat fight English
- armoured combat fighting English
- barfight English
- befight English
- bitch fight English
- bitchfight English
- bull English
- bullfight English
- bullfighting English
- bun fight English
- bunfight English
- bush English
- bushfighting English
- catfight English
- cock English
- cockfight English
- cockfighting English
- crime English
- crimefighting English
- dogfight English
- fight English
- fightability English
- fightable English
- fightback English
- fighter English
- fightest English
- fighteth English
- fightingly English
- fightwite English
- fightworthy English
- fighty English
- fire English
- firefight English
- firefighting English
- fistfight English
- foot English
- footfighting English
- forfight English
- gun English
- gunfight English
- gunfighting English
- infight English
- infighting English
- megafight English
- nonfighting English
- nonfirefighting English
- outfight English
- piefight English
- postfight English
- prefight English
- prizefight English
- refight English
- sexfight English
- shoot English
- shootfighting English
- snowfight English
- stick English
- stickfighting English
- street English
- streetfight English
- streetfighting English
- superfight English
- swordfight English
- war English
- warfighting English
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *fehtandz Proto-Germanic
- *fehtaną Proto-Germanic
- feohtan Old English
- feohtende Old English
- feghtyng Middle English
- fighten Middle English
- fajt Serbo-Croatian
- payts Cebuano
- fehtan Old High German
- *fehtan gmw-pro
- fehtan Old Dutch
- fighting Chinese
- ファイト Korean
- 파이팅 Korean
- 화이팅 Korean
- paitim Tok Pisin
- feti Sranan Tongo
- faet Pijin
- war
- gun
- fire
- bush
- foot
- bull
- cock
- crime
- stick
- shoot
- fight
- street
- fighty
- refight
- befight
- fighter
- infight
- bunfight
- forfight
- dogfight
- catfight
- barfight
- sexfight
- outfight
- fightest
- piefight
- fighteth
- prefight
- gunfight
- bun fight
- postfight
- megafight
- cockfight
- fightable
- snowfight
- firefight
- fistfight
- bullfight
- fightwite
- fightback
- fightingly
- bitchfight
- prizefight
- superfight
- swordfight
- infighting
- nonfighting
- bitch fight
- streetfight
- gunfighting
- fightworthy
- warfighting
- cockfighting
- antifighting
- bushfighting
- bullfighting
- fightability
- footfighting
- firefighting
- shootfighting
- crimefighting
- stickfighting
- streetfighting
- armored combat
- nonfirefighting
- armoured combat
- antibullfighting
- armored combat fight
- armoured combat fight
- armored combat fighting
- armoured combat fighting