Etymology

forfight

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Today it means: To defend. Full definition →

Middle English forfighten
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromforfighten
  2. English todayforfight

From Middle English forfighten, forfehten (“to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting”), equivalent to for- + fight.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.