Swift Definition
- gustavus franklin swift
- Dean Swift
- jonathan swift
- blue-belly
- Sceloporus occidentalis
- western fence lizard
- swiftness
- expedition
- celerity
- alacrity
- acceleration
Other Word Forms of Swift
Noun
Adjective
Origin of Swift
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From Middle English, from Old English swift (“swift, quick"), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift, quick"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weip-, *(s)weib- (“to twist, wind around"). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly"), Old English swÄ«fan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene"). More at swivel.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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