English
swordfighter
From sword + fighter.
Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’
Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’
Old English sweord ‘sword’
West Midland Middle English sword
English sword
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’
English fighter
Today it means
noun One who fights with a sword.
Sources
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Etymograph / swordfighter