Where does “batell” come from?
batell (English) comes from Middle English batel, from Old English batol, from Old English batian, from Old English -ol, from Proto-Germanic -ulaz — Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...
Ancestry of “batell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 2 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 3 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 4 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |