English
swordfighting
sword + fighting
A compound of sword + fighting
Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’
Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’
Old English sweord ‘sword’
West Midland Middle English sword
English sword
Today it means
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Sources
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