Etymology

swatting

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Today it means: A motion or gesture that swats; a swat. Full definition →

English SWAT ← New Latin tactica ← Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)
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  1. Middle Englishespecial
  2. Englishspecial
  3. Proto-Germanic*wēpną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
  5. Old Englishwēpn
  6. Middle Englishwepen
  7. Englishweapons
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  11. Proto-Germanic*andi
  12. Old Englishand
  13. Middle Englishand
  14. Englishand
  15. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*tat͏̌t͏̌ō
  17. Ancient Greekτάσσω (tássō)
  18. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  19. New Latintactica
  20. Englishtactics
  21. EnglishS.W.A.T.
  22. EnglishSWAT
  23. English todayswatting

From SWAT + -ing.

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