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Where does “abattage” come from?

abattage (English) comes from French abattage, from French abattre, from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbatto, from Latin battō, from Latin battuō.

abattage (English): The slaughter of animals, especially diseased...

Definitions

  1. The slaughter of animals, especially diseased...

Ancestry of “abattage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabattageslaughter or butchering for meat; felling or...
2Frenchabattreto butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;...
3Middle Frenchabbatreto knock down
4Old Frenchabatreto knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to...
5Late Latinabbatto—
6Latinbattō—
7Latinbattuō—
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