fist
English
/fɪst/
noun
Definitions
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (printing) The pointing hand symbol ☞.
- (ham radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or continuous CW operator when sending Morse code.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fist inherited from Old English fȳst (fist) inherited from *fūsti.
Origin
*fūsti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- backfist English
- ball English
- bro English
- brofist English
- bump English
- club English
- clubfist English
- clutch English
- clutchfist English
- cuff English
- fight English
- fighter English
- fistball English
- fistbump English
- fistee English
- fister English
- fistfight English
- fistfighter English
- fistful English
- fistiana English
- fistic English
- fistical English
- fisticuff English
- fisticuffer English
- fistlike English
- fistnote English
- fisty English
- note English
- pinch English
- pinchfist English
- tight English
- tight-fisted English
- unfist English
- Faust German
- Faustfeuerwaffe German
- Fausthandschuh German
- Faustkampf German
- Faustregel German
- Faustschlag German
- Panzerfaust German
- faustdick German
- faustisch German
- fisten German
- vuist Dutch, Flemish
- vuistbijl Dutch, Flemish
- vuistdiep Dutch, Flemish
- vuisten Dutch, Flemish
- vuistregel Dutch, Flemish
- vuistvechter Dutch, Flemish
- vuistvuurwapen Dutch, Flemish
- πυγμή Ancient Greek
- *pewǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *funstiz Proto-Germanic
- fyst Old English
- fȳst Old English
- fist Middle English
- *pęstь Proto-Slavic
- vuust Middle Dutch
- fust Old High German
- vuis Afrikaans
- fūst Middle High German
- *fūsti gmw-pro
- *fūst Old Dutch
- päsť Slovak
- pest Slovene
- fēst Old Frisian