fighting

fighting · adjective, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fehtaną“to comb, struggle, contend with”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fehtandz
3. Old English · inherited fromfeohtende
4. Middle English · inherited fromfeghtyng
5. English todayfighting

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.

fighting · noun²

1. Old English · inherited fromfihtung“fighting”
2. Middle English · inherited fromfightyng
3. English todayfighting

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

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