Where does “bateful” come from?
bateful (English) comes from English bate, from Swedish beta, from Swedish bete, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bateful (English): Exciting contention; contentious
Definitions
- Exciting contention; contentious
Ancestry of “bateful”, step by step
bateful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bate | To reduce the force of something; to abate; To... |
| 2 | Swedish | beta | beta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a... |
| 3 | Swedish | bete | bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk |
| 4 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 5 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 6 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 9 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 10 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |