Where does “bating” come from?
Bating comes from English abate, from Latin beta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα, ultimately deriving from Latin roots ad and ab meaning "to" and "from."
bating (English): present participle of bate; Apart from; except;...
Definitions
- present participle of bate; Apart from; except;...
Ancestry of “bating”, step by step
| 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 |