fight

*peḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*fehtaną (Proto-Germanic)

To comb, detangle. To shear. To struggle (with), fight.

feohtan (Old English)

To fight.

fighten (Middle English)

To fight; to battle; to quarrel.

fight (English)

(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.. An occasion of fighting.. The will or ability to fight. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, [...]