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fight

/ˈfaɪt/FYT
/ˈfaɪt/FYT

Meaningto struggle against with force

Common meaning: to struggle against with force

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAK‘pluck, to comb’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 190, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old EnglishfeohtansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishfihtensource
  4. Englishfight‘to struggle against with force’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English feohtan ‘to struggle against with force’.

Roots

  • feohtan Old English “to struggle against with force”

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