Fought
/fɔːt/noun
Past tense and past participle of fight, meaning to engage in combat or struggle against something.
Did you know?The verb fight is historically Germanic, and its older forms meant combat and struggle long before English settled on the modern spelling and pronunciation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fehtaną
“to fight, struggle”
Old English
OE
feohtan
“to fight, contend in battle”
Middle English
ME
fȝten / fighten
“to fight, battle, struggle”
Modern English
EN
fight
“to engage in combat or conflict”
Modern English
EN
fought
“past tense and past participle of fight”