English

fistfighter

From fist + fighter.

A compound of fist + fighter

Proto-West Germanic *fūsti

Old English fȳst

Middle English fist

English fist

Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear’

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Proto-West Germanic *fehtan ‘to fight’

Old English feohtan ‘to fight’

Old English feohtere ‘fighter, warrior’

Middle English fightere ‘a soldier or combatant’

Today it means

noun One who fights using the fists.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fistfighter