Etymology

swarthy

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Today it means: Tawny, dusky, dark. Full definition →

Old English sweart
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsweart“black”
  2. English todayswarthy

Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsweart all →

swartSwarthmoorSwartleySwartwood

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.