English
infight
Infight may come from Middle English infighten ‘to attack’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500infighten‘to attack’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1929infight
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500infighten‘to attack’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1929infight
Earliest quotation: 1929, St. George's Gazette - Volume 47: “In a minute," said the commodore faintly. "He's so…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘to pluck, ruffle, tousle, shear’
fellow, fee, peculiar, fax, feud, cynical, hound, fawn, poodle, cynic, feu, pec, pecuniary, fain, chenille, 24 more
through Proto-Germanic *fehtaną ‘to struggle with’
Today it means
verb To fight with allies or other members of the same group.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English infighten / infight