From Middle English foughten, foghten, ifoghten, from Old English fohten, ġefohten, from Proto-Germanic *fuhtanaz, past participle of *fehtaną, equivalent to fought + -en. Cognate with Scots fochten, fochtin, Dutch gevochten. More at fight.
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