Where does “Batman” come from?
Batman derives from English man and English bate, which comes from English abate, from Latin ab- meaning "away" and Latin manus meaning "hand."
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Ancestry of “Batman”, step by step
Batman traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish بطمان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بطمان | A unit of weight varying by location, time, and... |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | batmān | — |
| 3 | Middle Persian | ptmʾn' | measure, period; moderation; treaty |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English MAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 2 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 3 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 5 | Old French | manual | — |
| 6 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |