## Etymology
From Old English geswearf ('filings, dust from filing'), related to sweorfan ('to file, grind, scour'), from Proto-Germanic *swerban ('to wipe, rub'); reinforced by Old Norse svarf ('file-dust').

## AI Etymology
Swarf is from Old English geswearf ('filings, dust from filing'), related to sweorfan ('to file, grind, scour'), from Proto-Germanic *swerban ('to wipe, rub'); reinforced by Old Norse svarf ('file-dust'). Important recorded forms include geswearf (Old English) and *swerban (Proto-Germanic). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers the fine chips or filings produced by machining or grinding metal.

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