Where does “abatre” come from?
abatre (Anglo-Norman) comes from Italian abbattere, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
abatre (Anglo-Norman): to abate; to knock over; to knock down; to...
Definitions
- to abate; to knock over; to knock down; to...
Ancestry of “abatre”, step by step
abatre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian abbattere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | abbattere | to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to... |
| 2 | Latin | battere | — |
| 3 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |
via Old French abatre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | abatre | to knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to... |