English

fighting

/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
Engaged in war or other conflict.

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    Etymology 1

    From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishfeghtyng
      • inheritedOld Englishfeohtende
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*fehtandz
          • derivedProto-Germanic*fehtaną “to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*peḱ- “to comb, shear”
    • surface analysisEnglishfight “To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.”
    • suffixEnglish-ing “As true nouns.”
      • inheritedMiddle English-ynge
        • inheritedOld English-ung
        • inheritedOld English-ende
      • inheritedMiddle English-yng
        • inheritedOld English-ing “belonging to”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishfightyng
      • inheritedOld Englishfihtung “fighting”

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