fechter

See also: Fechter

Scots

Alternative forms

• fichter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-der.

Proto-Germanic *fehtaną

Proto-West Germanic *fehtan

Old English feohtan

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Old English feohtere

Early Scots fechtar

Middle Scots fechtar

Scots fechter

Inherited from Middle Scots fechtar, from Early Scots fechtar, from Old English feohtere, equivalent to fecht +‎ -er.

Noun

fechter (plural fechters)

1. person who fights; champion

Derived terms

• bonnie fechter (“fearless fighter, zealot, disputatious person”)